1 Online Input and State Estimation in Structural Dynamics -- 2 Modeling and Testing of the Anti-vibration Base for Michelangelo's Pieta' Rondanini -- 3 Estimation of Frequency and Damping of a Rotating System Using MEOT and Virtual Sensor Concept -- 4 Multibody/FEM Numerical Tool For HIL Scaled Offshore Wind Turbine -- 5 Detection and Identification of Firearms Upon Discharge Using Floor-Based Accelerometers -- 6 An Adaptive Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Bayesian Finite Element Model Updating -- 7 Modal Parameters of Multiple-disk Shaft System From Multiple Reference Impact Test -- 8 Identification of Aerodynamic Properties of Bridge Decks in Arbitrary Motion -- 9 A Multiphysical Modelling Approach for Virtual Shaker Testing Correlated with Experimental Test Results -- 10 Characterizing the Dynamics of Systems Incorporating Surrogate Energetic Materials -- 11 Multimodal Damping of a Plate with a Passive Piezoelectric Network -- 12 State Estimation: A Model-based Approach to Extend Test Data Exploitation -- 13 Generation of Traveling Waves in a 2D Plate for Future Drag Reduction Manipulation -- 14 Surrogate Granular Materials for Modal Test of Fluid Filled Tanks -- 15 Dynamics of a Hydroelastic Oscillating Cylinder with Added Viscoelastic Damping for Passive Control of Vibrations -- 16 Dynamic Analysis of Fluid-filled Piping System on Flexible Foundation -- 17 Incremental Dynamic Analyses of Steel Moment Resisting Frames with Superelastic Viscous Dampers -- 18 Structural Control Using A Semiactive Friction Damper -- 19 Seismic Response of SMA Reinforced Shear Walls -- 20 Stability of MIMO Controllers for Floor Vibration Control -- 21 Extraction of Wave Dispersion Characteristics in a Discrete Chain Using Complex Modal Decomposition -- 22 Approximate general responses of multi-degree-of-freedom systems with parametric stiffness -- 23 Harmonic Forcing of a Two-Segment Elastic Rod -- 24 An Unified Framework for Studying Gear Dynamics Through Model Reduction Techniques -- 25 Application of the Harmonic Balance Method to Centrifugal Pendulum Vibration Absorbers -- 26 Development of Multi-Physics Dynamics Models for High-Frequency Large-Amplitude Structural Response Simulation -- 27 An Efficient Simulation Method for Large-Scale Systems with Local Nonlinearities -- 28 A Modal Superposition Method for the Analysis of Nonlinear Systems -- 29 Adaptive Harmonic Balance Methods, A Comparison.

Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6. Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Dynamics of Multiphysical Systems: From Active Materials to Vibroacoustics, 2016, the sixth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. Th e collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on: • Analytical Methods • Biological Systems • Dynamic Systems • Dynamics of Multi-Physical Systems • Structural Control • Simulation.