IDENTIFICATION OF EXTERNAL STRUCTURAL LOADS FROM MEASURED HARMONIC RESPONSES
In many practical situations, it is difficult to perform direct measurements or calculations of the external forces acting on an existing vibrating structure. Instead, the structural response may than be measured and the position and magnitude of the exciting forces be calculated from the measured r...
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Published in | Journal of sound and vibration Vol. 196; no. 1; pp. 59 - 74 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
Elsevier Ltd
12.09.1996
Elsevier |
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Summary: | In many practical situations, it is difficult to perform direct measurements or calculations of the external forces acting on an existing vibrating structure. Instead, the structural response may than be measured and the position and magnitude of the exciting forces be calculated from the measured response. Unfortunately, the results from this inverse process are often highly sensitive to noise in the measurements of the response and errors in the model of the structure. The present study is focussed on this sensitivity under the assumption of a linear relation between the unknown harmonic force amplitudes and the response at discrete measurement positions. A scalar measure of the sensitivity is suggested. Numerical examples that illustrate the sensitivity and its correlation to the proposed sensitivity measure are given. The present sensitivity measure can be calculated for different candidate experimental configurations prior to any actual measurements and hence assist in the experimental design. |
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ISSN: | 0022-460X 1095-8568 |
DOI: | 10.1006/jsvi.1996.0467 |