Performance-based hurricane engineering (PBHE) framework

M Barbato, F Petrini, VU Unnikrishnan, M Ciampoli - Structural safety, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents an innovative fully-probabilistic Performance-Based Hurricane
Engineering (PBHE) framework for risk assessment of structural systems located in …

Application of the unscented Kalman filter for real‐time nonlinear structural system identification

M Wu, AW Smyth - … Control and Health Monitoring: The Official …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past few decades, structural system identification based on vibration
measurements has attracted much attention in the structural dynamics field. The well‐known …

Bayesian state and parameter estimation of uncertain dynamical systems

J Ching, JL Beck, KA Porter - Probabilistic engineering mechanics, 2006 - Elsevier
The focus of this paper is Bayesian state and parameter estimation using nonlinear models.
A recently developed method, the particle filter, is studied that is based on stochastic …

Real‐time system identification: an algorithm for simultaneous model class selection and parametric identification

KV Yuen, HQ Mu - Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, a novel Bayesian real‐time system identification algorithm using response
measurement is proposed for dynamical systems. In contrast to most existing structural …

Extended Kalman filter for material parameter estimation in nonlinear structural finite element models using direct differentiation method

H Ebrahimian, R Astroza… - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a novel nonlinear finite element (FE) model updating framework, in
which advanced nonlinear structural FE modeling and analysis techniques are used jointly …

A hybrid optimization algorithm with Bayesian inference for probabilistic model updating

H Sun, R Betti - Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A hybrid optimization methodology is presented for the probabilistic finite element model
updating of structural systems. The model updating process is formulated as an inverse …

Identification of linear structural systems using earthquake‐induced vibration data

H Luş, R Betti, RW Longman - Earthquake Engineering & …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This paper addresses the issue of system identification for linear structural systems using
earthquake induced time histories of the structural response. The proposed methodology is …

On‐line identification of non‐linear hysteretic structural systems using a variable trace approach

JW Lin, R Betti, AW Smyth… - … engineering & structural …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, an adaptive on‐line parametric identification algorithm based on the variable
trace approach is presented for the identification of non‐linear hysteretic structures. At each …

Identification of structural models using a modified Artificial Bee Colony algorithm

H Sun, H Luş, R Betti - Computers & Structures, 2013 - Elsevier
A modified version of the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is presented to identify
structural systems. ABC is a heuristic algorithm with simple structure, ease of implementation …

Online updating and uncertainty quantification using nonstationary output-only measurement

KV Yuen, SC Kuok - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2016 - Elsevier
Extended Kalman filter (EKF) is widely adopted for state estimation and parametric
identification of dynamical systems. In this algorithm, it is required to specify the covariance …