Structural Safety Evaluation Based on System Identification Approaches: Proceedings of the Workshop at Lambrecht/Pfalz (International Scientific Book Series) (German Edition)

Buchhandelstext The contents of this book are classified into the following four parts: Damage descriptions and basic requirements, System identification, Interaction between system identification and damage evaluation, New concepts. 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