Development of a Structural Health Monitoring Benchmark Problem for High-Rise Slender Structures
Under the auspices of the Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Research in Smart Structures Technology (ANCRiSST) and the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII), a structural health monitoring benchmark problem for highrise slender structures is being developed by taking the instrumented Guangzhou New Television Tower as a test bed. The benchmark problem consists of the following four tasks: (i) output-only modal identification and finite element model updating, (ii) damage detection using simulated data, (iii) optimal sensor placement for structural health monitoring, and (iv) damage detection using field measurement data. This paper will address some key issues related to the development of this first benchmark problem for high-rise structures. More details of the study can be found in the website: http://www.cse.polyu.edu.hk/benchmark/index.htm