Wavelet Analysis in Civil Engineering

Wavelets as a Powerful Signal Processing Tool

The principles of wavelets can be applied to a range of problems in civil engineering structures, such as earthquake-induced vibration analysis, bridge vibrations, and damage identification. This book is particularly useful for graduate students and researchers in vibration analysis, especially those dealing with random vibrations.

Wavelet Analysis in Civil Engineering

• Introduces the concept and utility of wavelet transform
• Describes the discretization of ground motions using wavelet coefficients
• Explains how to characterize nonstationary ground motions using statistical functionals of wavelet coefficients of seismic accelerations
• Develops the formulation of a linear single-degree-of-freedom system
• Shows stepwise development of the formulation of a structure idealized as a linear multi-degree-of-freedom system in terms of wavelet coefficients
• Defines wavelet domain formulation of a nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom system
• Introduces the concept of probability in wavelet-based theoretical formulation of a nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom system
• Covers a variety of case studies highlighting diverse applications

Wavelet Analysis in Civil Engineering

Dr Pranesh Chatterjee has earned undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in civil engineering and subsequently adoctorate in engineering from Jadavpur University, India. Dr Chatterjee took up post-doctoral fellowship in structural mechanics at Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven in Belgium and then was selected as prestigious Pierse Newman Scholar at University College Dublin in Ireland. He is working as Manager of Plasticity and Tribology group of Tata Steel Europe in the Netherlands. He is active in research and publication of research works.