Identification of joint structural state and earthquake input based on a generalized Kalman filter with unknown input

J Huang, X Li, F Zhang, Y Lei - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate and real-time information of structural states and earthquake input is the
prerequisite for structural seismic safety assessment and vibration control. When the …

Single accelerometer-based inter-story drift reconstruction of soft-story for shear structures with innovative transformation function

K Xu, M Cao, S Xue, D Li, X Li, Z Yi - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2025 - Elsevier
The health monitoring of soft-story is vital during earthquakes. Inter-story drift can reflect the
structural damage state and provide evidence for assessment. However, installing …

Earthquake input and state estimation for buildings using absolute floor accelerations

SA Taher, J Li, H Fang - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
After earthquakes, structural response such as interstory drift is critical for accurate structural
assessment for buildings. Typically, direct integration of absolute floor accelerations does …

Estimation of maximum drift of multi‐degree‐of‐freedom shear structures with unknown parameters using only one accelerometer

K Xu, A Mita - Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
When a multi‐degree‐of‐freedom (MDOF) shear structure is excited by seismic excitation,
the connections between structural and non‐structural members may become loose or slight …

Maximum drift estimation based on only one accelerometer for damaged shear structures with unknown parameters

K Xu, A Mita - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a method to estimate the maximum inter-story drift and relative
displacement time history of multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) shear structures underground …

Online input, state, and response estimation for building structures under earthquakes using limited acceleration measurements

SA Taher, J Li, H Fang - Sensors and Smart Structures …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper proposes online input, state, and response estimation based on Augmented
Kalman filter for systems without direct feedthrough, such as earthquake-excited building …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute displacement-based formulation for peak inter-story drift identification of shear structures using only one accelerometer

K Xu, A Mita - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Only one accelerometer is used in this paper for estimating the maximum inter-story drifts
and time histories of the relative displacements of all stories of multi-degree-of-freedom …

MAP-based model updating of building structures under earthquakes using limited acceleration measurements

SA Taher, J Li - … and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An accurate numerical model that is able to represent real structural behaviors and
reproduce structural responses with high fidelity is critical to numerous engineering …