Experimental Study of Spatially Incomplete Structural System Identification

Abstract

A frequency domain transformation is the basis for a general approach to the identification of finite element modeling errors. The transformation provides information as to the location of modeling errors and provides the error matrices of stiffness, mass, and damping. The transformation is shown to have the unique property of directly revealing that the process of instrumenting an actual structure with a finite number of response transducers defines a reduced order system, with an attendant set of singular frequencies responsible for the nonlinear distortion imposed on the corrective parameters of stiffness, mass, and damping. Actual test data demonstrating this phenomenon will be presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280905

Entities

People

  • Vincent C. Gomes

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Angular Motion
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Simulations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Response
  • Load Cells
  • Measurement
  • Modal Analysis
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Personal Computers
  • Power Supplies
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Stiffness
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design