Structural assessment of the tower of the University of Coimbra by modal identification

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3468-3477

  Júlio, Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos ^a   da Silva Rebelo, Carlos Alberto ^a   Dias da Costa, Daniel António Semblano Gouveia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Finite element method; Inspection; Modal identification; Tower

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TOWERS;

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IN-SITU; MEASURED DATUMS; MODAL IDENTIFICATION; MODAL IDENTIFICATIONS; MODE SHAPES; NON EXISTENCES; RESTORATION WORKS; STONE BLOCKS; STRUCTURAL ANOMALIES; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS; STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 55949109611     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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