Health monitoring of RCC building model experimentally and its analytical validation

Purpose – The need for structural health monitoring systems is continuously growing to maintain existing civil infrastructure. For the purpose of assuring seismic safety, it is necessary to monitor the damage for its occurrence, its location and the extent of damage. Information on the damage may be utilized to make decisions on maintenance and structural safety of existing buildings, rapid evaluation of condition of damaged structure after future earthquakes, estimation of residual life of structures, feasibility of repair and retrofitting of structures, partial replacement or demolition of structure and financial planning for renovation and rehabilitation. The purpose of this paper is to present a four‐level scheme of damage detection.Design/methodology/approach – In the first stage of the four‐level scheme, finite element model has been developed and dynamic parameters are calculated. In the second stage, change in the dynamic properties of farmed reinforced concrete building model is identified from v...