Abstract: This work tackles the problem of global identifiability of an undamped, shear-type, N degrees of freedom linear structural system under forced excitation without any prior knowledge of its mass ...

Abstract: The problem of system identification is an inverse problem of difficult solution. Currently, difficulties lie in the development of algorithms that use measured data from the system to characterize it without significant ...

Abstract: Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flood caused by the failure of the levee system had a severe impact on low- and middle-income neighborhoods in the city of New Orleans. This paper presents the damage survey data collected ...