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Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division
The purpose of this Technical Division shall be to provide technical benefits to its members, the civil structures professional community, and related technical disciplines within the Society umbrella by:
- Providing a unique multidisciplinary forum to disseminate and exchange information on new research and technical developments in the testing, identification, and assessment of civil and similar large in-situ structural systems using measured properties and response features.
- Enhancing research, technical developments, and standard practices in civil structures testing through the identification of critical research needs and the validation and dissemination of emerging methods and promising technologies that address the unique features of the civil structures test environment.
- Promoting and/or organizing special sessions, symposia, short courses, workshops, manuals or monographs that respond to identified needs of the TD member community and facilitate transfer of developed technologies and methods to the larger professional community.
- Interacting, assisting and cooperating with other committees, societies, associations or organizations by serving as a focal point on civil structures testing, identification, and assessment.
- Planning and coordinating, in cooperation with others, civil structures activities of the Society.
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Dynamics of Civil Structures - Updated May 2012
The Technical Division held its annual meeting on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012 during IMAC XXX in Jacksonville, FL. Major items discussed and actions taken are given below.
- The members voted to change the name of the Division to “Dynamics of Civil Structures” to better reflect the activities of the group. The request has been transmitted to the SEM Executive Board and approval is expected at their meeting in June.
- Summary of IMAC 2012 participation
Review of the 2012 technical program:
- 11 sessions organized by CSTTD or related to CST
- Human Induced Vibrations I & II (12 papers)
- Finite Element (3 papers)
- Bridge Dynamics (5 papers)
- Experimental Techniques and Modeling for Civil Structures (3 papers)
- System Identification for Civil Structures (6 papers)
- Damage Detection I & II (10 papers)
- Method and Technologies for Bridge Monitoring (3 papers)
- Damage Detection for Civil Structures (4 papers)
- Modal Testing of Civil Structures (6 papers)
- 51 papers in these civil related sessions focusing on the testing, identification, analysis, and assessment of large civil structures
- Approximately 270 papers presented at the conference.
- Activities for IMAC 2013
Organized sessions focusing on civil engineering structures
- Human Induced Vibration of Civil Structures (2-‐3 sessions) – Racic
- Civil Infrastructure Instrumentation -‐ Pakzad
- Uncertainty Quantification in Structural Dynamics – Moaveni
- Infrastructure’s Need for Technology – DOT, International organization, etc – Turek, Lynch
- Seismic session – combine with infrastructure?
- Control of structures – Reynolds
- Concrete Dam – Vibration Testing and Monitoring – Chiarito/Duron
Minutes of the January 31, 2012 Meeting
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