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structural damap. Stnctural damn@ wns simulated by pl~yaierlly anw-<br />

cutting the member(=) under consideration in the exporimonlnl n~odei. (171<br />

the computer model, damage was simulated by making thc nmn~ber(s) tmndcr<br />

conaideration inactive in the analyses.) Eotirnates <strong>of</strong> modal pnmn~clcts--i.c.,<br />

remnant frequencies, damping, ets.-fmm the nmbient strueturnl rrspottw<br />

data were attained using the mntly developed Marplc nlgorill~m with llnc<br />

Maximum Entropy Method (MEM).<br />

1.2.2 Estimation <strong>of</strong> Modal Parameters<br />

Ertimatez <strong>of</strong> resonant frequencies and damping rntia obtained from tilo un-<br />

bient mponse spectra <strong>of</strong> a otrttcltmre by con~ventianal FFT rncthocl. (Rinck.<br />

man and Tukey [4]), have been shown lo bc inhcrcntly limited in rranl~otiu~m<br />

[la, 121. Thir mults because oi tho required tr!tncnlion el the extismt

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