Structural Safety Evaluation Based on System Identification Approaches: Proceedings of the Workshop at Lambrecht/Pfalz

Front Matter....Pages i-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Cracked Cross Section Measurement in Rotating Machinery....Pages 9-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Utilization of Experimental Investigations in the Process of Tower Structures Dynamic Identification....Pages 30-48
On the Determination of the Number of Effective Modes from Vibration Test Data....Pages 49-68
Structural System Identification from Modal Information....Pages 69-81
System Identification Using Nonlinear Structural Models....Pages 82-102
Identification of Hysteretic Structural Behaviour from Strong Motion Accelerograms....Pages 103-117
Calibration of Nonlinear Constitutive Laws for Elastic-Plastic Analysis in Presence of Creep Strains....Pages 118-141
Inelastic Modeling and System Identification....Pages 142-160
Identification of Equivalent Linear Systems....Pages 161-181
Reliability of an Identification System for Predicting Incipient Capsize Due to Chaotic Rolling Motion of a Ship....Pages 182-194
Correlation of Analysis and Test in Modeling of Structures: Assessment and Review....Pages 195-211
Localization Techniques....Pages 212-233
A Two Stage Identification Approach in Updating the Analytical Model of Buildings....Pages 234-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Reliability Based Factor of Safety for Unmanned Spacecrafts....Pages 266-312
Parameter Identification for Reliability in Markov Cumulative Damage Processes....Pages 313-340
A System Identification Approach to the Detection of Changes in Structural Parameters....Pages 341-356
Time Domain Identification of Linear Structures....Pages 357-380
Fuzzy Data Processing in Damage Assessment....Pages 381-392
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
A Systems Approach for Fire Safety Engineering....Pages 394-413
Experimental Vulnerability Detection in Civil Structures....Pages 414-414
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
The Machinery Vibration and Wear Advancement Identification and Forecasting....Pages 415-432
Bridge Inspection by Dynamic Tests and Calculations Dynamic Investigations of Lavant Bridge....Pages 433-459
System Identification Approaches in Structural Safety Evaluation....Pages 460-473
Structural Damage Assessment Using a System Identification Technique....Pages 474-492
Front Matter....Pages 493-493
Summary of Workshop Discussion....Pages 494-497
Concluding Remarks and Recommendations....Pages 498-502