The present volume collects papers illustrating the work done in the research
project MURST MM08342598, within the COFIN Program 2000/2002. The pa-
pers cover the following themes: eects of the modeling errors on the identication
techniques; damage identication from the measurement of frequencies in rods and
beams; node shifting and damage detection; identication of damping and elas-
tic constants in orthotropic plates; use of advanced techniques of signal theory
in structural identication; structural identication of non linear dynamical sys-
tems under random excitation and applications to bridge structures; dynamical
modeling, tests and property identication of building foundations on piles. The
articles were presented at a workshop held in Bologna on July 15-16, 2002, under
the patronage of the Study and Research Centre for the Identication of Materials
and Structures (CIMEST)-\M. Capurso".
