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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
1. Introduction
Author : Saeed Eftekhar Azam
Published in: Online Damage Detection in Structural Systems
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
In the current Chapter, the fact that a significant portion of the existing civil structures and infrastructures in the developed and industrialized nations was constructed at the early period of twentieth century is discussed. It is also expressed that a notable part of the existing structures have been subject to deteriorations. Moreover, the need to develop damage identification techniques for vibration based non-destructive damage identification of the structures is briefly debated. Then, the major emphasis of the monograph and the type of the target structures is explained. In the end, the major disciplines covered inside the book are highlighted.