Start HerePrefaceAcknowledgementsContentsCap 1. Overview1.1.
Introduction to Modal Testing1.2. Applications of Modat Testing1.3.
Philosophy of Modal Testing1.4. Summary of Theory1.5. Summary of
Measurement Methods1.6. Summary of Analysis1.7. Review of Test
Procedure
Cap 2. Theoretical Basis2.0. Introduction2.1. SDOF System
Theory2.2. Presentation and Properties of the FRF Data for SDOF
System2.3. Undamped MDOF System2.4. Proportional Damping2.5.
Hysteretical Damping - General Case2.6. Viscous Damping - Genaral
Case2.7. Characteristics and Presentation of MDOF FRF Data2.8.
Complete and Incomplete Models2.9. Non-Sinusoidal Vibration and FRF
Properties2.10. Analysis of Weakly Nonlinear Structures
Cap 3. Mobility Measurement Techniques3.0. Introduction3.1.
Basic Measurement System3.2. Structure Preparation3.3. Excitation
of the Structure3.4. Transducers and Amplifiers3.5. Analysers3.6.
Digital Signal Processing3.7. Use of Different Excitation Types3.8.
Calibration3.9. Mass Cancellation3.10. Rotational Mobility
Measurement3.11. Measurements on Nonlinear Structures3.12.
Multi-Point Excitation Methods
Cap 4. Modal Parameter Extraction Methods4.0. Introduction4.1.
Preliminary Checks of FRF Data4.2. SDOF Modal Analysis I -
Peak-Amplitude4.3. SDOF Modal Analysis II - Circle-Fit Method4.4.
SDOF Modal Analysis I - Inverse Method4.5. Residuals4.6. MDOF
Curve-Fitting Procedures4.7. MDOF Curve-Fitting in the Time
Domain4.8. Multi-Curve Fits4.9. Nonlinear Systems
Cap 5. Derivations of Mathematical Models5.0. Introduction5.1.
Modal Models5.2. Display of Modal Model5.3. Response Models5.4.
Spatial models5.5. Mobility Skeletons and System Models
Cap 6. Applications6.0. Introduction6.1. Comparison of
Experiment and Prediction6.2. Correction or Adjustment of
Models6.3. Structural Modification6.4. Coupled Structure
Analysis6.5. Response Prediction and Force Determination
