Problems in Structural Identification and Diagnostics: General Aspects and Applications MURST Project n. MM08342598 — COFIN 2000

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.

Identification of Elastic Constants by Bayesian Approach (I. Bartoli, A. Di Leo, E. Viola); Problems Concerning the Elastic Constants Determination of Isotropic and Orthotropic Plates ( I. Bartoli, E. Viola); Effects of Damage on the Response of Euler-Bernoulli Beams Traversed by a Moving Mass (C. Bilello); Dynamic Behaviour and Modelling of RC Beams Retrofitted with CFRP Sheets (B. Bonfiglioli, G. Pascale); Identification of Modal Parameters with Unknown Input (M. De Angelis, V. Sepe, D. Capecchi); Assessment of Historical Buildings via Ambient Vibration Measurements: Experiences on Bell-Towers (A. De Stefano, R. Ceravolo); On Damage Identification in Vibrating Beams from Changes in Node Positions (M. Dilena); Damage Identification of Beams Using Static Test Data (M. Di Paola, C. Bilello); A Novel Approach for the Identification of Material Elastic Constants (E. Ferretti, A. Di Leo, E. Viola); Computational Aspects and Numerical Simulations in the Elastic Constants Identification (E. Ferretti, A. Di Leo, E. Viola); On the Tree-Dimensional Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Plates (C. Gentilini, E. Viola); The Crack Detection Problem in Vibrating Beams (A. Morassi); Formulation and Identification Problems for Cracked Orthotropic Plates (P. Ricci, E. Viola, A. Piva, L. Nobile); Interaction of BEM Analysis and Experimental Design on Pile-Soil Systems (F. Vinciprova, O. Maeso Fortuny, J. J. Aznárez, G. Oliveto); A Device for Static and/or Dynamic Identification Tests on Foundation Piles (G. Oliveto, G. Buda, P. Sciacca)