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In this dissertation, the location and severity of the damage are obtained using a new robust Power Spectral Density (PSD) sensitivity-based model updating method. PSD of structural response is highly sensitive metric to parameter change and provides vast information about the structure. The proposed damage detection method uses the sensitivities of measured responses in frequency domain, for FE model updating in an efficient way, by developing a quasi-linear sensitivity equation of structural response. The system of equations are solved using Least Square method. Only stiffness parameters were updated through model updating and change in mass parameters were neglected. In this study, proper... 

Damage detection of civil structures and infrastructures using partial modal information has been an interesting field of research. So far, three main algorithms are introduced for health monitoring of structures. The first method relies on identifying stiffness and mass properties, as physical parameters, of structures using inverse eigenvalue problem considering mass modifications in 2D and 3D shear-frame models of structures. Comparing the identified matrices with the primary values, one can detect the damage occurrence, its level and severity in the structure. Applicability of this method in health monitoring of offshore jacket platforms as one of noteworthy civil infrastructures has... 

In this dissertation a new approach is introduced for damage detection in offshore jacket platforms. The procedure uses the measured ambient vibration responses and the corresponding readable natural frequencies and mode shapes of the structural systems. Since offshore platforms are composed of heavy topsides supported by jacket structures, participation of the first mode is dominant in each direction in the response of the structure under field excitations. Moreover, ambient vibrations such as wave loads and boat impacts only excite the first modes of the structure. Therefore, it is difficult to find higher modes and the pertinent frequencies by use of accelerometers data. The introduced... 

In this thesis selection criteria are present for types, numbers and locations of sensors for structural health monitoring of offshore jacket platform in the Persian Gulf. The selection criteria are chosen by studying structural health monitoring of various structures in civil and aerospace industries. Knowing the types of sensors that can be used, a new approach of inverse vibration problem is introduced for structural health monitoring of offshore jacket platforms. In the previous studies, significant numbers of frequencies and mode shapes are usually used to detect damages by updating components of stiffness matrix. Considering the fact that offshore platforms are composed of a heavy... 

Damage detection in all kinds of human-made structures has been given serious attention as one of the main branches of engineering sciences, and significant progress has been made in this field, especially in the field of civil engineering, aerospace and heavy industries. However, although this topic is discussed academically in the field of offshore structures for two decades, not much development has happened in practice and it is still in the stage of knowledge development. One of the most important characteristics of practical online damage detection methods is the ability to be used knowing little information about the modal characteristics of the structure. In this research, an attempt...