scholarly journals Effect of Vinyl Flooring on the Modal Properties of a Steel Footbridge

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Jiménez-Alonso ◽  
Jorge Pérez-Aracil ◽  
Alejandro Hernández Díaz ◽  
Andrés Sáez
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Vibration Modes ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Average Increase ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Structural Element ◽  
Modal Properties

Damping ratios associated with non-structural elements play an important role in mitigating the pedestrian-induced vibrations of slender footbridges. In particular, this paper analyses the effect of vinyl flooring on the modal parameters of steel footbridges. Motivated by the unexpected high experimental damping ratios of the first vibration modes of a real footbridge, whose deck was covered by a vinyl flooring, this paper aims at assessing more accurately the experimental damping ratios generated by this non-structural element on steel footbridges. For this purpose, a laboratory footbridge was built and vinyl flooring was installed on it. Its numerical and experimental modal parameters without and with the vinyl flooring were determined. The operational modal analysis method was used to estimate experimentally the modal parameters of the structure. The damping ratios associated with the vinyl flooring were obtained via the substraction between the experimental damping ratios of the laboratory footbridge with and without the vinyl flooring. An average increase of the damping ratios of 2.069% was observed due to the vinyl flooring installed. According to this result, this type of pavement may be a useful tool to significantly increase the damping ratios of steel footbridges in order to reduce pedestrian-induced vibrations.

Comparative Research on the Effects of the Self-Healing Microcapsules on the Modal Properties of Composite Brake

2010 ◽  
Vol 97-101 ◽  
pp. 1718-1725
Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Xiao Gang Ji ◽  
Yan Jue Gong
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Damping Ratio ◽  
The Self ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Disc Brake ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Modal Properties

This paper makes comparative research on the effects of the self-healing microcapsules on the modal properties of composite disc brake pads. The two groups of composite brake samples are studied that the material of one brake sample is implanted by the microcapsules and the other sample has no microcapsule. Firstly, the computational modal analysis method based on finite element analysis software ANSYS is adopted to calculate the modal parameters of the samples, and the inherent vibration characteristics of the structures are obtained. Then the experimental modal analysis method with hammer is carried out to identify the experimental value of the modal parameters of the samples such as natural frequency and damping ratio. Finally, the theory analysis and experiment results from these two different methods are contrasted and analyzed. It indicates that the addition of the self-healing microcapsule improves the vibration reduction performance of the composite disc brake greatly.

scholarly journals Identification of modal parameters of machine tools during cutting by operational modal analysis

Procedia CIRP ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 473-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Berthold ◽  
Martin Kolouch ◽  
Volker Wittstock ◽  
Matthias Putz
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Machine Tools ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Modal Parameters

Evaluation of the effect of operational modal analysis algorithms on identified modal parameters of railway bridges

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammadreza Salehi ◽  
Kultigin Demirlioglu ◽  
Emrah Erduran
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Vibration Source ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Railway Bridges ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Vibration Responses

<p>The accuracy of modal parameters identified by Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) algorithms is of vital importance in vibration-based health monitoring. This paper reports the effects of using different OMA algorithms on identified modal parameters of railway bridges. For this purpose, comparison and application of three different OMA methods including FDD, ARX, SSI-COV are discussed. The vibration measurements are conducted on two railway bridges in Northern Norway for using five triaxial accelerometers. The first bridge is a single-span bridge with the length of 50 m, while the second is a two-span bridge with a total length of 85m. OMA has been conducted on the free vibration responses after passage of different types of trains including light-weight railway vehicles and heavily loaded iron ore trains to evaluate the variation of the identified modal parameters with the chosen algorithm and the vibration source on the OMA results.</p>

Signal Processing for Operational Modal Analysis of a Jacket-Type Offshore Platform: Sea Test Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingxian Bao ◽  
Zhihui Liu ◽  
Chen Shi
Keyword(s):  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Measured Data ◽  
Offshore Platform ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Data Matrix ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Stability Diagrams ◽  
Free Decay

Operational modal analysis (OMA) has been widely used for large structures. However, measured signals are inevitably contaminated with noise and may not be clean enough for identifying the modal parameters with proper accuracy. The traditional methods to estimate modal parameters in noisy situation are usually absorbing the “noise modes” first, and then using the stability diagrams to distinguish the true modes from the “noise modes.” However, it is still difficult to sort out true modes because the “noise modes” will also tend to be stable as the model order increases. This study develops a noise reduction procedure for polyreference complex exponential (PRCE) modal analysis based on ambient vibration responses. In the procedure, natural excitation technique (NExT) is first applied to get free decay responses from measured (noisy) ambient vibration data, and then the noise reduction method based on solving the partially described inverse singular value problem (PDISVP) is implemented to reconstruct a filtered data matrix from the measured data matrix. In our case, the measured data matrix is block Hankel structured, which is constructed based on the free decay responses. The filtered data matrix should maintain the block Hankel structure and be lowered in rank. When the filtered data matrix is obtained, the PRCE method is applied to estimate the modal parameters. The proposed NExT-PDISVP-PRCE scheme is applied to field test of a jacket type offshore platform. Results indicate that the proposed method can improve the accuracy of OMA.

Operational modal analysis of a nonlinear oscillation system under a harmonic excitation

2020 ◽  
pp. 095440622097755
Author(s):  
Xuchu Jiang ◽  
Feng Jiang ◽  
Biao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Nonlinear Oscillation ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Nonlinear Normal Modes ◽  
Harmonic Excitation ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Single Frequency ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Oscillation System

Operational modal analysis (OMA) is a procedure that allows the modal parameters of a structure to be extracted from the measured response to an unknown excitation generated during operation. Nonlinearity is inevitably and frequently encountered in OMA. The problem: The traditional OMA method based on linear modal theory cannot be applied to a nonlinear oscillation system. The solution: This paper aims to propose a nonlinear OMA method for nonlinear oscillation systems. The new OMA method is based on the following: (1) a self-excitation phenomenon is caused by nonlinear components; (2) the nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) of the system appear under a single-frequency harmonic excitation; and (3) using forced response data, the symbolic regression method (SR) can be used to automatically search for the NNMs of the system, whose modal parameters are implicit in the expression structure expressing each NNM. The simulation result of a three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) nonlinear system verifies the correctness of the proposed OMA method. Then, a disc-rod rotor model is considered, and the proposed OMA method’s capability is further evaluated.

EFFECTIVENESS OF OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS (OMA) FOR DAMAGE DETECTION IN FIBERGLASS REINFORCED EPOXY

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haizuan Abd Rahman ◽  
Ahmad Azlan Mat Isa ◽  
Abdul Rahim Bahari
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Small Deviation ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Fiber Glass

This study attempts to apply vibration-based damage detection method specifically Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) on fiberglass reinforced epoxy plate. OMA is used on healthy fiber glass reinforced epoxy plate to extract the modal parameters and the procedure is extended to damaged fiberglass reinforced epoxy plate. Both healthy and damaged composite material are tested under different boundary conditions i.e. free-free on 4 edges, 1 edge clamped, 2 edges clamped, 3 edges clamped and 4 edges of free-free boundary condition. The result of frequency from OMA was compared analytically with Finite Element Method (FEM). Nastran software is employed in this study. The FEM using Nastran shows that the result obtained is not accurate enough compared to OMA. Therefore, another method was applied to look at the effectiveness of OMA method using Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA). It was observed that both EMA and OMA methods gave small deviation and good correlation.

scholarly journals Transmissibilty-Based Operational Modal Analysis for Flight Flutter Testing Using Exogenous Inputs

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1071-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christof Devriendt ◽  
Tim De Troyer ◽  
Gert De Sitter ◽  
Patrick Guillaume
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Experimental Modal Analysis ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Output Only ◽  
Flutter Testing

During the recent years several new tools have been introduced by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the field of Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) such as the transmissibility based approach and the the frequency-domain OMAX concept. One advantage of the transmissibility based approach is that the ambient forces may be coloured (non-white), if they are fully correlated. The main advantage of the OMAX concept is the fact that it combines the advantages of Operational and Experimental Modal Analysis: ambient (unknown) forces as well as artificial (known) forces are processed simultaneously resulting in improved modal parameters. In this paper, the transmissibility based output-only approach is combined with the input/output OMAX concept. This results in a new methodology in the field of operational modal analysis allowing the estimation of (scaled) modal parameters in the presence of arbitrary ambient (unknown) forces and artificial (known) forces.

scholarly journals Determination of characteristic Parameters of masonry Structures via Operational Modal Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Koçak ◽  
Burak Toydemir ◽  
Melih Bulgur
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Operational Modal Analysis ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Masonry Structures ◽  
Characteristic Parameters ◽  
Characteristic Model

Commonly, material and vibration characteristics of masonry structures remain uncertain in the evaluation of existing structures under external loads such as earthquake, heat, wind, etc. In addition, determination of compressive and tensile strength of a masonry walls is not straightforward. However, it is very important to know the characteristic parameters such as eigen values, periods and mode shapes of a structure beforehand in order to create accurate and reliable physical models. Since each historical structure has its own unique wall and bearing characteristics, it is not possible to accept random initial values for the bearing capacity and other parameters of the structure. Besides, conducting vertical and lateral loading experiments is costly and time consuming. An alternative way to determine these parameters that govern the structural behavior is to carry out experimental vibration tests using accelerometers. This method, which is also called as Operational Modal Analysis (OMA), is used to obtain the free and forced vibration response of structures by experimental means and to determine the modal parameters of the structure. OMA is very important for the appropriate use of an analysis method and the model parameters used in the analysis. In this study, two masonry buildings, one of which is historical, are discussed and the modal parameters of buildings are determined experimentally with OMA. Characteristic values obtained from OMA were compared with the three dimensional finite element method by adjusting characteristic model parameters.

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