Abstract: A relatively simple nonparametric identification technique based on the use of power series expansions for the identification of nonlinearities of a variety of discrete nonlinear vibrating systems ...

Abstract: An approach, based on utilizing only two sets of structural responses and the enforcement of the conditions for a unique solution, is presented for the updating of Finite Element Models. The ...

Abstract: Using the Random Decrement (RD) technique to obtain free response estimates and combining this with time domain modal identification methods to obtain the poles and the mode shapes is acknowledged ...