05084oam 2200541 450 991080949450332120190911112728.01-62870-538-8981-4439-02-9(OCoLC)847526800(MiFhGG)GVRL8RFK(EXLCZ)99267000000037247420130222h20132013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrHealth assessment of engineered structures bridges, buildings and other infrastructures /editor, Achintya Haldar, University of Arizona, USAHackensack, N.J. World Scientific2013New Jersey :World Scientific,[2013]�20131 online resource (xviii, 333 pages) illustrations (some color)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.981-4439-01-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Structural Health Monitoring for Civil Infrastructure E.J. Cross, K. Worden and C.R. Farrar; 1. Introduction: SHM Ideology; 1.1. The aims of SHM; 1.2. Potential benefits of SHM; 1.3. Disambiguation: what SHM is not; 2. SHM in Practice; 2.1. Instrumentation for SHM; 2.2. Assessment of structural condition from measurements; 2.2.1. Feature Extraction; 2.2.2. Pattern Recognition for inference on structural condition from features; 2.3. Validation of SHM systems; 2.4. Fundamental axioms of SHM; 3. Civil Infrastructure and SHM; 4. Benchmarks; 4.1. The I-40 Bridge4.2. The Steelquake Structure4.3. The Z24 Bridge; 5. Case Study: Z24 Bridge; 6. Continuing Challenges in SHM; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Enhanced Damage Locating Vector Method for Structural Health Monitoring S. T. Quek, V. A. Tran, and N. N. K. Lee; 1. The DLV Method Introduction; 1.1. General concept; 1.2. Normalized cumulative energy (NCE); 2. Identifying Actual Damage Elements; 2.1. Intersection scheme; 3. Formulation of Flexibility Matrix at Sensor Location; 3.1. Forming flexibility matrix using static responses; 3.1.1. Static responses with load of known magnitude3.1.2. Static responses with load of unknown magnitude3.2. Forming flexibility matrix using dynamic responses; 3.2.1. Dynamic responses with known excitation; 3.2.2. Dynamic responses with unknown excitation; 4. Lost Data Reconstruction for Wireless Sensors; 4.1. Lost data reconstruction algorithm; 5. Numerical and Experimental Examples; 5.1. Numerical example: 2-D warehouse frame structure; 5.2. Experimental example: 3-D modular truss structure; 6. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3. Dynamics-based Damage Identification Pizhong Qiao and Wei Fan; 1. Introduction2. Damage Identification Algorithms2.1 Literature review; 2.2 Two-dimensional Gapped Smoothing Method (GSM); 2.3 Strain Energy-based Damage Index Method (DIM); 2.4 Uniform Load Surface (ULS); 2.5 Generalized Fractal Dimension (GFD); 3. Comparative Study; 3.1 Geometry of the composite plate; 3.2 Numerical analysis; 3.3 Damage identification based on numerical data; 3.4 Experimental program; 3.5 Damage identification based on experimental data; 4. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; ReferencesChapter 4. Simulation Based Methods for Model Updating in Structural Condition Assessment H. A. Nasrellah, B. Radhika, V. S. Sundar, and C. S. Manohar1. Introduction; 2. Statically loaded structures: MCMC based methods; 3. Dynamically loaded structures: sequential Monte Carlo approach; 3.1 Hidden state estimation; 3.2 Combined state and force identification; 3.3 Combined state and parameter estimation; 3.3.1 Method of augmented states and global iterations; 3.3.2 Method of maximum likelihood; 3.3.3 Bank of filter approach; 3.3.4 Combined MCMC and Bayesian filters3.4 Other classes of updating problemsHealth Assessment of Engineered Structures has become one of the most active research areas and has attracted multi-disciplinary interest. Since available financial recourses are very limited, extending the lifespan of existing bridges, buildings and other infrastructures has become a major challenge to the engineering profession world-wide. Some of its related areas are only in their development phase. As the study of structural health assessment matures, more new areas are being identified to complement the concept. This book covers some of the most recent developments (theoretical and experStructural health monitoringStructural analysis (Engineering)Engineering inspectionStructural health monitoring.Structural analysis (Engineering)Engineering inspection.624.1/71Haldar AchintyaMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910809494503321Health assessment of engineered structures3936484UNINA03821nam 22007571 450 991096660160332120200124110340.097866125268489780755609499075560949297812825268461282526847978085771047508577104789786000008215600000821X9781423787891142378789710.5040/9780755609499(CKB)1000000000461947(EBL)676944(OCoLC)710975827(SSID)ssj0000105033(PQKBManifestationID)12026327(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105033(PQKBWorkID)10100380(PQKB)10134219(MiAaPQ)EBC676944(OCoLC)973046423(UtOrBLW)bpp09264842(Au-PeEL)EBL676944(CaONFJC)MIL252684(UtOrBLW)BP9780755609499BC(Perlego)915904(EXLCZ)99100000000046194720200131d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArab storm politics and diplomacy behind the Gulf War /Alan MunroFirst edition.London ;New York :I.B. Tauris,2005.1 online resource (465 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781845111281 1845111281 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Map; Contents; List of Plates; Preface: From Success to Disaster; Introduction: The Kingdom and the War; 1. The Saddam Hussein Factor; 2. The Gathering Storm; 3. The Reason Why; 4. Invasion and Response; 5. Light Blue; 6. Business as Usual; 7. The Long Haul...; 8. ...And Longer; 9. Khaki; 10. Oil and Money; 11. Cold Feet; 12. Clearing the Decks; 13. The Fog of War; 14. Diplomatic Distractions; 15. Climax; 16. Anticlimax; 17. Profit and Loss; 18. The Fourth Estate; 19. Aftermath; Bibliography; Index"As Iraqi troops swarmed Kuwait in 1991, Alan Munro played a vital role in putting and holding together the most unusual coalition in history to evict them. Never before had Western and Arab states fought side by side against another Arab country. As Britain's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Munro directed events in the eye of the storm. He sets down here what life behind the scenes was like. The frantic phone calls between Security Council members, the confusion of the battlefield, the circus of the international media are all relayed with verve and candour. Munro describes with insight and sensitivity the cultural jarring experienced by the religiously conservative society of Saudi Arabia as their country became host to half a million Western infidels. He embeds his revelations in a thoughtful and informed analysis of the international politics of the Middle East. With Western armies once more engaged on the sands of the Gulf, this new updated edition of Munro's book provides a timely reminder of the pressures, pitfalls and potential of international diplomacy in the region."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Diplomatic negotiations in international disputesPersian Gulf War, 1991Diplomatic historyBattles & campaignsBICDiplomatic negotiations in international disputes.Persian Gulf War, 1991Diplomatic history.Battles & campaigns.956.7043956.704423538Munro Alan1798741UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910966601603321Arab storm4341668UNINA