support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grand No.51108057);the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(Grand No.2013CB036305);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(China)(Grand No.DUT13LK13);Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grand No.2012T50255);the Project of National Key Technology R&D Program(China)(Grand Nos.2011BAK02B01,2011BAK02B03,2006BAJ03B05);the Polish National Science Centre Project"AIA"(Grand No.DEC-2012/05/B/ST8/02971);the FP7 EU project Smart-Nest(Grand No.PIAPP-GA-2011-28499)
Structural health monitoring (SHM) has become a hot and intensively researched field in civil engineering. Thereinto, damage identification play an important role in maintaining structural integrity and safety. Many...