Linking Models and Experiments, Volume 2 Proceedings of the 29th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2011

1 Modal Testing and FE-model Validation of Azimuthing Thruster 2 POD Based Computation of Joint Interface Modes 3 Area Wise Application of Contact Constraints in Reduced Mechanical Systems 4 On the Extension of Global Vibration Modes With Ritz-vectors Needed for Local Effects 5 Direct Decoupling of Substructures Using Primal and Dual Formulation 6 Spectral Analysis of Vibrating Plates With General Shape 7 Smoothing Experimental Data in Dynamic Substructuring of Built up Systems 8 Metrics for Diagnosing Negative Mass and Stiffness When Uncoupling Experimental and Analytical Substructures 9 Propagation of Free-interface Substructure Uncertainty into System Test-analysis Correlation 10 Feature Extraction for Structural Dynamics Model Validation 11 Hybrid Sets of Merged Data for Modal Model Applications 12 Dynamic Uncoupling of a System Model for Component Identification 13 Full Field Dynamic Stress/Strain From Limited Sets of Measured Data 14 Limited Experimental Displacement Data Used for obtaining Full-field Dynamic Stress Strain Information 15 A Survey of Techniques to Estimate the Uncertainty in Material Parameters 16 Construction of DEM-base Traffic Model Using Optimal Velocity Model 17 Confidence Intervals of Modal Parameters During Progressive Damage Test 18 Identification of Material Properties of Composite Plates Utilizing Model Updating and Response Surface Techniques 19 Globally Enriched Substructuring Techniques for Vibro-acoustic Simulation 20 A Modal-geometrical Selection Criterion for Master Nodes: Numerical and Experimental Testing 21 Robust Optimization and Quality Control in Spot Welded Structures 22 Interface Reduction in the Dual Craig-Bampton Method Based on Dual Interface Modes 23 A Truly Hybrid Approach to Substructuring Problems Using Mixed Assembly and Implicit Solving Strategies 24 Model Updating Methodologies for Multibody Simulation Models: Application to a Full-scale Wind Turbine Model 25 DOF Reduction Strategy for Large Order Finite Element Models 26 Understanding Large Order Finite Element Model Dynamic Characteristics 27 FEM Sensitivity Method for Uncertainty and Reconciliation Analyses 28 Uncoupling Techniques for the Dynamic Characterization of Sub-structures 29 Receptance Based Normalization of Operational Mode Shapes 30 Fault Simulation in a Gearbox Using Finite Element Model Reduction Techniques 31 Response Measurements of DMS Cabinets and Supporting Truss Structures Under Environmental and Transient Wind Loads 32 Variance Decomposition in the Presence of Epistemic and Aleatory Uncertainty 33 A Forecasting Metric for Predictive Modeling.

Biography

Dr. Tom Proulx is the Executive Director of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.