Numerical Investigation of Damage Identification in Historic Ceilings via Vibrations Measurements

Mahnoosh Chaabi; Sarah Mayfield; Pierfrancesco Cacciola

doi:10.4203/ccc.10.6.3

Numerical Investigation of Damage Identification in Historic Ceilings via Vibrations Measurements

Mahnoosh Chaabi
, Sarah Mayfield
, Pierfrancesco Cacciola

School of Arch, Tech and Eng

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The sudden collapse of historic ceilings represents one of the major public safety issues threatening the heritage sector globally. The pressing need of fast, efficient and rigorous approaches to assess the health status of historic ceilings motivated the research presented in this paper. A stochastic approach is proposed as a tool to map the displacement response peak fractile at various locations of the ceiling, thus identifying any local anomalous deformation indicating critical areas within the ceiling. Extensive parametric studies on a FE model of a traditional plaster ceiling are undertaken to explore the potentiality of such approach

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing
Editors	P Ivanyi, J Kruis, B.H.V. Topping
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	Civil-Comp Press
Number of pages	12
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.10.6.3
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2025
Event	Civil-Comp 2025: The Eighteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing. - Cagliari, Italy Duration: 27 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025 https://www.civil-comp.info/2025/cc/

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Name	Civil-Comp Conferences
Publisher	Civil-Comp Press
ISSN (Electronic)	2753-3239

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Conference	Civil-Comp 2025
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Cagliari
Period	27/08/25 → 29/08/25
Internet address	https://www.civil-comp.info/2025/cc/

Keywords

historic ceilings
health monitoring
damage detection
vibration measurement
environmental noise
random vibrations

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Chaabi, M., Mayfield, S., & Cacciola, P. (2025). Numerical Investigation of Damage Identification in Historic Ceilings via Vibrations Measurements. In P. Ivanyi, J. Kruis, & B. H. V. Topping (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing (Vol. 10). Article 6.3 (Civil-Comp Conferences). Civil-Comp Press. https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.10.6.3

Chaabi, Mahnoosh ; Mayfield, Sarah ; Cacciola, Pierfrancesco. / Numerical Investigation of Damage Identification in Historic Ceilings via Vibrations Measurements. Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing. editor / P Ivanyi ; J Kruis ; B.H.V. Topping. Vol. 10 Edinburgh : Civil-Comp Press, 2025. (Civil-Comp Conferences).

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Chaabi, M, Mayfield, S & Cacciola, P 2025, Numerical Investigation of Damage Identification in Historic Ceilings via Vibrations Measurements. in P Ivanyi, J Kruis & BHV Topping (eds), Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing. vol. 10, 6.3, Civil-Comp Conferences, Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, Civil-Comp 2025, Cagliari, Italy, 27/08/25. https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.10.6.3

Numerical Investigation of Damage Identification in Historic Ceilings via Vibrations Measurements. / Chaabi, Mahnoosh; Mayfield, Sarah; Cacciola, Pierfrancesco.
Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing. ed. / P Ivanyi; J Kruis; B.H.V. Topping. Vol. 10 Edinburgh: Civil-Comp Press, 2025. 6.3 (Civil-Comp Conferences).

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Chaabi M, Mayfield S, Cacciola P. Numerical Investigation of Damage Identification in Historic Ceilings via Vibrations Measurements. In Ivanyi P, Kruis J, Topping BHV, editors, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing. Vol. 10. Edinburgh: Civil-Comp Press. 2025. 6.3. (Civil-Comp Conferences). doi: 10.4203/ccc.10.6.3

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