The articles in this book describe new developments in the area of structural testing, particularly those based upon the principle of fusing numerical and experimental methods such as real-time dynamic substructuring and hardware-in-the loop testing. In addition to the hybrid methods, chapters on the latest develoments in more established techniques, such as shaking table testing, provide a completely up-to-date survey of structural testing methods.
The book is characterized by a multidisciplinary nature of the work that integrates cutting-edge research from the fields of non-linear dynamics, automatic control, numerical analysis, system modelling and mechatronics.
O. S. Bursi: Computational Techniques for Simulation of Monolithic and Heterogeneous Structural Dynamic Systems – D. Bernal: A State Space Approach to System Identification – I. Iervolino and G. Manfredi: A Review of Ground Motion Record Selection Strategies for Dynamic Structural Analysis – R. Bairrão: Shaking Table Testing – P. Pegon: Continuous PsD Testing with Substructuring - P. B. Shing: Real-time Hybrid Testing Techniques – D. Wagg, S. Neild and Peter Gaw: Real-time testing with Dynamic Substructuring