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Title: Development of a general purpose code to couple experimental modal analysis and damage identification algorithms

Conference ·
OSTI ID:650368
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Engineering Analysis Group
  2. Rose Hulman Inst. of Tech., Terre Haute, IN (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

This paper introduces a new toolbox of graphical interface software algorithms for the numerical simulation of vibration tests, analysis of modal data, finite element model correlation, and the comparison of both linear and nonlinear damage identification techniques. This toolbox is unique because it contains several different vibration-based damage identification algorithms, categorized as those which use only measured response and sensor location information (non-model-based techniques) and those which use finite element model correlation (model-based techniques). Another unique feature of this toolbox is the wide range of algorithms for experimental modal analysis. The toolbox also contains a unique capability that utilizes the measured coherence functions and Monte Carlo analysis to perform statistical uncertainty analysis on the modal parameters and damage identification results.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Management and Administration, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
650368
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-97-4409; CONF-980711-; ON: DE98005067; TRN: AHC2DT04%%282
Resource Relation:
Conference: Structural engineers world congress, San Francisco, CA (United States), 18-23 Jul 1998; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English