Abstract: Damage detection in vibrating beams, or beam systems, is dealt with in this paper. Damage is represented by a more or less concentrated decrease in stiffness. A linear behavior is assumed before and after the damage. A ...

Abstract: A great many hysteretic models have been recently introduced in the analysis of dynamic behavior of structures and structural elements. This paper considers the steady‐state oscillations of single‐degree‐of‐freedom systems ...

Abstract: Hysteretic rate-independent constitutive laws are introduced within the framework of continuum thermodynamics with internal variables and revisited using concepts and arguments related to dynamical system theory. The ...

Abstract: Nonparametric identification techniques are used to process recorded data of nonlinear structural responses and to represent the constitutive relationship of the structure. When hysteretic systems are dealt with, attention ...