Problems in Structural Identification and Diagnostics: General Aspects and Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-viii

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2. Identification of elastic constants by Bayesian approach

   • Ivan Bartoli, Antonio di Leo, Erasmo Viola

   Pages 1-15

3. Problems concerning the elastic constants determination of isotropic and orthotropic plates

   • Ivan Bartoli, Erasmo Violai

   Pages 17-31

4. Effects of damage on the response of Euler-Bernoulli beams traversed by a moving mass

   • Cristiano Bilello

   Pages 33-46

5. Dynamic Behaviour and Modelling of RC Beams Retrofitted with CFRP Sheets

   • Barbara Bonfiglioli, Giovanni Pascale

   Pages 47-57

6. Identification of Modal Parameters with Unknown Input

   • Maurizio De Angelis, Vincenzo Sepe, Danilo Capecchi

   Pages 59-72

7. Assessment of Historical Buildings via Ambient Vibration Measurements: Experiences on Bell-Towers

   • Alessandro De Stefano, Rosario Ceravolo

   Pages 73-84

8. On Damage Identification in Vibrating Beams from Changes in Node Positions

   • Michele Dilena

   Pages 85-99

9. Damage Identification of Beams Using Static Test Data

   • Mario Di Paola, Cristiano Bilello

   Pages 101-115

10. A Novel Approach for the Identification of Material Elastic Constants

    • Elena Ferretti, Antonio Di Leo, Erasmo Viola

    Pages 117-131

11. Computational Aspects and Numerical Simulations in the Elastic Constants Identification

    • Elena Ferretti, Antonio Di Leo, Erasmo Viola

    Pages 133-147

12. On the Three-Dimensional Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Plates

    • Cristina Gentilini, Erasmo Viola

    Pages 149-162

13. The Crack Detection Problem in Vibrating Beams

    • Antonino Morassi

    Pages 163-177

14. Formulation and identification problems for cracked orthotropic materials

    • Patrizia Riccit, Erasmo Violat, Aldino Pivat, Lucio Nobilet

    Pages 179-193

15. Interaction of BEM analysis and experimental testing on Pile-Soil Systems

    • Francesco Vinciprova, Orlando Maeso Fortuny, Juan José Aznárez, Giuseppe Oliveto

    Pages 195-227

16. A device for static and/or dynamic identification tests on foundation piles

    • Giuseppe Oliveto, Giuseppe Buda, Pietro Sciacca

    Pages 229-253

The volume collects papers illustrating the work done within a research project on structural identification and diagnostics. The papers deal with problems taken from civil engineering applications and cover various topics or aspects in this field. The focus is mainly addressed to dynamic identification techniques. In a field like that of inverse problems, where the lack of a satisfactory framework of general properties may obstruct applications to practical problems, the book offers a collection of simple case studies where numerical simulation and experimental measurements are combined to get diagnostic information. It’s worth mentioning a paper that specifically confines to crack detection in beams and rods and establishes a series of rigorously proved results that may turn useful in damage detection. In particular, the paper provides the answer to a recently raised question as to the minimal number of frequency measurements needed in order to localise the crack.

• Engineering
• Mechanics
• Process Mechanics
• Structural Mechanics
• boundary element method
• damage
• material
• mechanics
• structural mechanics
• Tower
• vibration

• University of Udine, Italy

  Cesare Davini

• University of Bologna, Italy

  Erasmo Viola

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