Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures

Operational Modal Analysis as a tool for bridge model updating. Application to an unconventional case study.-  Assessment of a damaged bridge based on modal identification from ambient vibration tests.- Validation of an automated approach for the definition of reference modal properties on onshore wind turbines.- The analysis for the acceleration data of vehicle running on over 100 bridges based on SSMA.- Probabilistic regression model for OMA-based damping estimates of a cable-stayed bridge.- An automated algorithm for experimental OMA: application on a Warren truss railway bridge with a permanent monitoring system.- Automated structural modal tracking of suspension bridges subjected to operational changes.- Investigation of Transmissibility-based Operational Modal Analysis from ground excitation.- Bayesian Structural Model Update with Two-Step MCMC Methods Enabling the Evaluation of the Tail Space.- Tension force estimation of post-tensioning external tendons through vibration-based monitoring: experimental validation.- First applications and results of the SHM of residential buildings in Italy.- First results from Operational Modal Analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine.- Vibration-based monitoring for non-destructive testing of post-tensioning external tendons.- Effect of changing environment on the dynamic characteristics of an overpass.- In depth assessment of a pre-stressed concrete road bridge based on dynamic bridge behaviour - follow-up analysis of structural integrity and evaluation of maintenance condition.- Continuous SHM of railway bridges based on vibration analysis of qualitative, selected, asynchronous data.- Vibration-based monitoring of continuous welded rails.- Simulation of the rupture of the contact wire of a high speed catenary.- A Simulation Study on Characterizing Transfer Functions of Railway Tracks Using Train-borne Laser Doppler Vibrometer.- Monitoring railway infrastructure through a freight wagon equipped with smart sensors