Topics in Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4 [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013 / edited by Fikret Necati Catbas, Shamim Pakzad, Vitomir Racic, Aleksandar Pavic, Paul Reynolds.

From the Contents: Accurate Damping Estimation by Automated OMA Procedures -- Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection -- Improved Substructure Identification through use of an Active Control Device -- Hybrid MPC: An Application to Semiactive Control of Structures -- Findings With AVC Design for Mitigation of Human Induced Vibrations in Office Floors -- Power Requirements for Active Control of Floor Vibrations -- Tuning TMDs to "Fix" Floors in MDOF Shear Buildings -- Precise Stiffness Control With MR Dampers -- Employing Hybrid Tuned Mass Damper to Solve Off-Tuning Problems for Controlling Human Induced Vibration in Stadia -- Semi-active TMD Concept for Volgograd Bridge.

Topics in Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the fourth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:   Modal Parameter Identification for Civil Structures Vibration Control of Civil Structures Cable Dynamics Damage Detection Models for Civil Structures Data-Driven Health Monitoring of Structures & Infrastructure Experimental Techniques for Civil Structures Human-induced Vibrations of Civil Structures Structural Modeling for Civil Structures.