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1. The methodsused in the design, modelling and adjual~nenta, conatn~r-<br />

tian, instrumentation and in pmcessing the data arc rcliable atal valid<br />

techniques tocarry out struel!trnl intebrity monilori~~gololfsl~orc alnnr-<br />

tures, through the analyses <strong>of</strong> reduced hydm-elnslic models.<br />

2. The Maximum Entmpy Metllod (MEM) proved lo bc n v e powcrhnl ~<br />

meansolobtaining high resolution amootln spcclrn fmm "cry short lime<br />

aerie records. Since the spectral density ~ esull~obtni~~~l frosn thc, lirnr<br />

aerie data enn be attained in funclionnl lonn, resoand. freqac~aic~x<br />

and damping ratios could be ntamcricslly coxnpatcd. Tllis ihhrrcnl<br />

facet ol MEM may have very imporlanl npplication~s in experi~rn~slid<br />

modal analysis-particularly in the are& <strong>of</strong> system icle~,tificatio~n fmts<br />

ambient vibration data. (It is not suggested thnl the MliM I.cchniq\nr<br />

is a replacement <strong>of</strong> the eonvenlionnl PPT procrdureu.)<br />

3. A predictalrie relationship exists between physical clamagc artd ~:lniatg%<br />

in the modes <strong>of</strong> vibration <strong>of</strong> lhc strudltm. Ilovovcr, R* ill~~nl.n~lrd ia<br />

Table 1.4, the succes <strong>of</strong> tho slructurnl Integrity monitlrring trrll~!iiqt

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