Modal Analysis Based on the Random Decrement Technique:application to civil engineering structures

This article describes the work carried out within the project: Modal Analysis Based on the Random Decrement Technique - Application to Civil Engineering Structures. The project is part of the research programme: Dynamics of Structures sponsored by the Danish Technical Research Counsil. The planned contents and the requirement for the project prior to its start are described together with thee results obtained during the 3 year period of the project. The project was mainly carried out as a Ph.D project by the first author from September 1994 to August 1997 in cooperation with associate professor Rune Brincker from the above department. During the project there has been intensive cooperation with professor Sam Ibrahim, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA. The article is finished with a reference list of the papers and reports prepared during the project