Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the second volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of the Dynamics of Civil Structures, including papers on:
Modal Parameter Identification
Dynamic Testing of Civil Structures
Control of Human Induced Vibrations of Civil Structures
Model Updating
Damage Identification in Civil Infrastructure
Bridge Dynamics
Experimental Techniques for Civil Structures Hybrid Simulation of Civil Structures
Vibration Control of Civil Structures
System Identification of Civil Structures.
1 Semi-Active Base Isolation of Civil Engineering Structures Based on
Optimal Viscous Damping and Zero Dynamic Stiffness 2 Long-Term Performance of
Specialized Fluid Dampers Under Continuous Vibration on a Pedestrian Bridge 3
Analysis of Variation Rate of Displacement to Temperature of Service Stage
Cable-Stayed Bridge Using Temperatures and Displacement Data 4 Triple
Friction Pendulum: Does It Improve the Isolation Performance? 5 Experimental
Investigation of the Dynamic Characteristics of a Glass-FRP Suspension
Footbridge 6 Vibration-Based Occupant Detection Using a Multiple-Model
Approach 7 Vibration Assessment and Control in Technical Facilities Using an
Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach 8 Iterative Pole-Zero Model Updating
Using Multiple Frequency Response Functions 9 Vision-Based Concrete Crack
Detection Using a Convolutional Neural Network 10 Analytical and Experimental
Analysis of Rocking Columns Subject to Seismic Excitation 11 Extending the
Fixed-Points Technique for Optimum Design of Rotational Inertial Tuned Mass
Dampers 12 Temperature Effects on the Modal Properties of a Suspension Bridge
13 Mass Scaling of Mode Shapes Based on the Effect of Traffic on Bridges: A
Numerical Study 14 Covariance-Driven Stochastic Subspace Identification of an
End-Supported Pontoon Bridge Under Varying Environmental Conditions 15
Probabilistic Analysis of Human-Structure Interaction in the Vertical
Direction for Pedestrian Bridges 16 Effects of Seismic Retrofit on the
Dynamic Properties of a 4-Storey Parking Garage 17 Analytical and
Experimental Study of Eddy Current Damper for Vibration Suppression in a
Footbridge Structure 18 Nonlinear Damping in Floor Vibrations Serviceability:
Verification on a Laboratory Structure 19 Addressing Parking Garage
Vibrations for the Design of Research and Healthcare Facilities 20 Modeling
and Measurement of a Pedestrians Center-of-Mass Trajectory 21 Evaluation of
Mass-Spring-Damper Models for Dynamic Interaction Between Walking Humans and
Civil Structures 22 Numerical Model for Human Induced Vibrations 23 Dynamic
Testing on the New Ticino Bridge of the A4 Highway 24 Predicting Footbridge
Vibrations Using a Probability-Based Approach 25 Flooring-Systems and Their
Interaction with Usage of the Floor 26 Benchmark Problem for Assessing
Effects of Human-Structure Interaction in Footbridges 27 A Discrete-Time
Feedforward-Feedback Compensator for Real-Time Hybrid Simulation 28 Sensing
and Rating of VehicleRailroad Bridge Collision 29 High-Frequency Impedance
Measurements for Microsecond State Detection 30 Structural Stiffness
Identification of Skewed Slab Bridges with Limited Information for Load
Rating Purpose 31 Online Systems Parameters Identification for Structural
Monitoring Using Algebraic Techniques 32 Structural Vibration Control Using
High Strength and Damping Capacity Shape Memory Alloys 33 Comparative Study
on Modal Identification of a 10 Story RC Structure Using Free, Ambient and
Forced Vibration Data 34 Kronecker Product Formulation for System
Identification of Discrete Convolution Filters 35 Calibration-Free Footstep
Frequency Estimation Using Structural Vibration 36 Optimal Bridge
Displacement Controlled by Train Speed on Real-Time 37 System Identification
and Structural Modelling of Italian School Buildings 38 Investigation of
Transmission of Pedestrian-Induced Vibration into a Vibration-Sensitive
Experimental Facility 39 An Ambient Vibration Test of an R/C Wall of an
18-Story Wood Building at the UBC Campus 40 The Day the Earth Shook:
Controlling Construction-Induced Vibrations in Sensitive Occupancies 41 An
Exploratory Study on Removing Environmental and Operational Effects Using a
Regime-Switching Cointegration Method 42 Evaluation of Contemporary
Guidelines for Floor Vibration Serviceability Assessment 43 Excitation Energy
Distribution of Measured Walking Forces 44 Identification of Human-Induced
Loading Using a Joint Input-State Estimation Algorithm.
Juan Caicedo, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA. Shamim Pakzad, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA.