AUTHOR'S DECLARATION

At no time during the registration for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy has the author been registered for any other University award.

This study was financed with the aid of a position of research assistant from the former Plymouth Polytechnic and a grant from the Science and Engineering Research Council towards the equipment.

During this research, the author attended a course on Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics run by the Institute of Computational Mechanics, Southampton.

International Conferences and Seminars on Experimental Modal Analysis, Structural Dynamics, Identification and Smart Structures were attended at which work was often presented. Visits to laboratories of other institutions were made and discussions with other researchers undertaken.

Publications :

I. C Williams and W F Tsang. "Dynamic characteristics of reinforced concrete structures". Paper presented and published in the Proceedings of the Research Seminar on The Behaviour of Concrete Structures, Cement and Concrete Association, Fulmer Grange, 30 June - 2 July, 1986.

2. C Williams and W F Tsang. "Deterntination of structural parameters from full scale vibration tests". Paper presented and published in the Proceedings of the Conference On Civil Engineering Dynamics, University of Bristol, 24-25 March 1988.

3. W F Tsang, C Williams. "Application of Experimental Modal Analysis to full scale civil engineering structures". Paper presented and published in the Proceedings of the 3n1 International Conference On Recent Advances In Structural Dynamics, July 1988, University of Southampton, Paper 88.

4. W F ·Tsang and E Rider. "Modelling of structures usmg experimental forced vibration data with a particular application in force prediction". Paper presented at the 4'h SAS-World Conference FEMCAD-88, Paris 17-19 October, 1988 and published 111 RNEC research report RNEC-RP-88023, Royal Naval Engineering College, Plymouth.

5. W F Tsang and E Rider. "The technique of extraction of structural parameters from experimental forced vibration data". Paper presented and published 111 the Proceedings of the 7'" lntemational Modal Analysis Conference, Las Vegas, 30 Jan- 2 Feb 1989.

6. W F Tsang , E Rider and P George. "Application of acceleration and strain measurements in forced vibration testing". Paper presented and published in the Proceedings of the Conference of Modem Practice In Stress And Vibration Analysis, University of Liverpool, 3-5 April 1989.

7. W F Tsang. "Use of dynamic strain measurements for the modelling of structures". Paper presented and published in the Proceedings of the 8'" lntemational Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, Florida, 29 Jan- I Feb 1990.

8. W F Tsang, C Williams. "A comparison of some methods of modal parameters extraction". Paper presented and published in the Proceedings of the 8'h lntemational Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, Florida, 29 Jan- I Feb 1990.

9. W F Tsang, R 1 Randal. "Identification of Rheological models of elasto-viscoplastic Electro-rheological Fluids". Paper presented and published in the Proceeding of the Intemational Symposium On Identification of Non linear Mechanical Systems from Dynamic Tests- EUROMECH 280. Ecully, France, 29-31 October 1991.

I 0. W F Tsang, R J Randal. "Use of Electro-rheological Fluids for Adaptive Vibration Isolation". Paper published in the Proceeding of the First European Conference On Smart Structures and Materials. Glasgow, UK, 12-14 May, 1992.