Smart Structures and Systems

Volume 4, Number 2, 2008, pages 195-208

DOI: 10.12989/sss.2008.4.2.195

Health monitoring of a historical monument in Jordan based on ambient vibration test

Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani, Hazem S. Zibdeh and Karim Hamdaoui

Abstract

This paper summarizes the experimental vibration-based structural health monitoring study on a historical monument in Jordan. In this work, and within the framework of the European Commission funded project

Key Words

vibration-based health monitoring; system identification; ambient vibrations; historical building.

Address

Khaldoon A. Bani-Hani; Department of Civil Engineering, Qatar University Doha, Qatar Hazem S. Zibdeh; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, Jordan Karim Hamdaoui; Department of Structural Mechanics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy