Identification of building damage using ARMAX model: a parametric study

The Structural Identification approach is used to identify and localize the existence of damage for a steel frame. The black box linear parametric model called Auto-Regressive Moving Average with eXternal input (ARMAX) was utilized for the construction of the Frequency Response Functions, based on simulation results. The Singular Value Decomposition method was adopted to identify how many significant eigenvalues exist and plot the Complex Mode Indicator Function for the complete frame. Three damage indices were adopted to evaluate the state of damage in the frame. The results indicated that the ARMAX is a robust scheme for structural damage detection.