Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6 (eBook)

Dr. Dario Di Miao is a Lecturer with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bristol; Dr. Pablo A. Tarazaga is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech; and Dr. Paolo Castellini is Professor of Engineering at theUniversità Politecnica delle Marche.

1 Online Input and State Estimation in Structural Dynamics.- 2 Modeling and Testing of the Anti-vibration Base for Michelangelo's Pieta' Rondanini.- 3 Estimation of Frequency and Damping of a Rotating System Using MEOT and Virtual Sensor Concept.- 4 Multibody/FEM Numerical Tool For HIL Scaled Offshore Wind Turbine.- 5 Detection and Identification of Firearms Upon Discharge Using Floor-Based Accelerometers.- 6 An Adaptive Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Bayesian Finite Element Model Updating.- 7 Modal Parameters of Multiple-disk Shaft System From Multiple Reference Impact Test.- 8 Identification of Aerodynamic Properties of Bridge Decks in Arbitrary Motion.- 9 A Multiphysical Modelling Approach for Virtual Shaker Testing Correlated with Experimental Test Results.- 10 Characterizing the Dynamics of Systems Incorporating Surrogate Energetic Materials.- 11 Multimodal Damping of a Plate with a Passive Piezoelectric Network.- 12 State Estimation: A Model-based Approach to Extend Test Data Exploitation.- 13 Generation of Traveling Waves in a 2D Plate for Future Drag Reduction Manipulation.- 14 Surrogate Granular Materials for Modal Test of Fluid Filled Tanks.- 15 Dynamics of a Hydroelastic Oscillating Cylinder with Added Viscoelastic Damping for Passive Control of Vibrations.- 16 Dynamic Analysis of Fluid-filled Piping System on Flexible Foundation.- 17 Incremental Dynamic Analyses of Steel Moment Resisting Frames with Superelastic Viscous Dampers.- 18 Structural Control Using A Semiactive Friction Damper.- 19 Seismic Response of SMA Reinforced Shear Walls.- 20 Stability of MIMO Controllers for Floor Vibration Control.- 21 Extraction of Wave Dispersion Characteristics in a Discrete Chain Using Complex Modal Decomposition.- 22 Approximate general responses of multi-degree-of-freedom systems with parametric stiffness.- 23 Harmonic Forcing of a Two-Segment Elastic Rod.- 24 An Unified Framework for Studying Gear Dynamics Through Model Reduction Techniques.- 25 Application of the Harmonic Balance Method to Centrifugal Pendulum Vibration Absorbers.- 26 Development of Multi-Physics Dynamics Models for High-Frequency Large-Amplitude Structural Response Simulation.- 27 An Efficient Simulation Method for Large-Scale Systems with Local Nonlinearities.- 28 A Modal Superposition Method for the Analysis of Nonlinear Systems.- 29 Adaptive Harmonic Balance Methods, A Comparison.