Abstract: This study investigates the possibilities of obtaining reduced order mass-damping-stiffness models of mechanical systems using state space realizations identified via dynamic tests. It is shown ...

Abstract: An alternative formulation of the substructure‐deletion method for the dynamic analysis of three‐dimensional embedded foundations of arbitrary shape subjected to applied external forces and to incoming seismic waves is ...

Abstract: An in-depth analysis of the deterioration mechanisms in high-strength wires of suspension bridge cables is presented. Accelerated cyclic corrosion tests were conducted to assess the relative effect of corrosion on galvanized ...

Abstract: In civil engineering, the design of active vibration control systems for structures subjected to earthquake excitation is usually done using linear-quadratic optimal control theory. However, when this theory is applied to ...

Abstract: In this study a new solution for the identification of physical parameters of mechanical systems from identified state space formulations is presented. With the proposed approach, the restriction ...