EXPERIMENTAL. MODAL. ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Experimental modal analysis techniques have been shown to be applicable to both laboratory test specimens and in situ test structures made of reinforced concrete. These techniques, in general, apply only to linear structures; however, many concrete structures are designed to remain in the linear, uncracked response region during dynamic excitation (nuclear power plant structures, for example). Data from the experimental analyses agreed well with finite-element modal analysis results, and the numerical models were further refined based on the experimental results. Because of the relatively low excitation levels required, these methods provide engineers with techniques for assessing the as-built condition of a structure without introducing damage into the structure. If a concrete structure is damaged, the experimental modal analysis methods could possibly be used to monitor its deterioration.
Further investigations are needed to evaluate the sensitivity to damage of the experimentally determined modal properties. Also, methods must be found to determine, without prior modal data, if an in-situ structure is in a damaged state. These topics are being pursued by other researchers in the experimental modal analysis field.⁶
In its current form, experimental modal analysis methods can provide both practicing and research engineers with a valuable tool for verifying dynamic properties of reinforced concrete structures.     

Very large amplitude vibrations of flexible structures: Experimental identification and validation of a quadratic drag damping model

This article presents a theoretical, numerical and experimental study of resonant structures undergoing very large amplitude vibrations. The purpose of this work is to validate a model for the damping due to the action of the air on a structure’s single-mode response in the steady-state. Experiments are performed on cantilever beams and beam assemblies of various sizes, from centimetric to micrometric, under harmonic base excitation. Dimensionless linear and nonlinear modal damping coefficients are simultaneously identified by means of frequency-domain identification techniques. These measurements demonstrate the pertinence of the presented model.     

Nonlinear multimodal model for TLD of irregular tank geometry and small fluid depth

Tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) utilize sloshing fluid to absorb and dissipate structural vibrational energy. TLDs of irregular or complex tank geometry may be required in practice to avoid tank interference with fixed structural or mechanical components. The literature offers few analytical models to predict the response of this type of TLD, particularly when the fluid depth is small. In this paper, a multimodal model is developed utilizing a Boussinesq-type modal theory which is valid for small TLD fluid depths. The Bateman–Luke variational principle is employed to develop a system of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations which describe the fluid response when the tank is subjected to base excitation. Energy dissipation is incorporated into the model from the inclusion of damping screens. The fluid model is used to describe the response of a 2D structure–TLD system when the structure is subjected to external loading and the TLD tank geometry is irregular.Shake table experiments are conducted on a rectangular and chamfered tank subjected to unidirectional base excitation. Comparisons of the experimental and predicted sloshing forces and energy dissipation per cycle indicate that the model is able to predict the fluid response at fluid depth ratios greater than h/L=0.10. Next, structure–TLD system tests are conducted and it is found that the model can predict the structural and TLD responses. The simulated and experimental results show that the TLD tank transfers energy between orthogonal structural sway modes.     

ROBUST CONTROL OF VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION OF A RIGID CYLINDER SUPPORTED BY AN ELASTIC BEAM USING μ -SYNTHESIS

For lightweight and flexible structures, it is important to suppress the vibrations induced by interactions between fluid and structures. This paper presents the robust control of the vortex-induced vibration of a rigid circular cylinder supported by an elastic cantilever beam in which the fluid force is considered as an external excitation on the structure. For the problems considered here, the excitation frequency is assumed to be equal to the natural frequency of the structure or the “lock-in” frequency. The natural frequencies of this analytical model are calculated by using the modal analysis method and then modal coordinates are introduced to obtain the state equations of the structural system. A pair of piezoelectric devices fixed under the base plate, on which the elastic beam is clamped, were used as actuators. A robust controller satisfying the nominal performance and robust performance is designed using μ -synthesis theory based on the structured singular value. Simulation and experiment were carried out with the designed controller and the effectiveness of the robust control strategy was verified by both experimental and simulation results.     

随机激励下受热翼面的模态频率特性试验研究

现代高速飞行器结构热模态频率特性试验研究,对这类飞行器设计校核和飞行安全具有重要意义。根据飞行过程中遭受的气动加热特性设计了瞬态热环境模拟系统,同时,根据高温环境的特点对测试中的激励和测量方式进行了重新设计,成功地将普通激振器应用于高温结构模态试验,最终将热环境模拟系统与振动测试系统组合,形成一套考虑瞬态热影响的热模态试验系统,实现了瞬态热环境下结构模态的地面测试。对一个切尖三角翼测量了各个加热区的温度随加热时间的变化,验证了加热温度控制的精确性;在纯随机激励下对测得的激励和振动响应信号采用短时傅里叶变换(Short Time Fourier Transformation,STFT)进行时变模态参数辨识,获得了前四阶模态频率随加热时间的变化,并与结构有限元数值计算结果进行了比较,试验与计算结果吻合得很好,验证了该试验方法对热模态测试问题的有效性和准确性。通过分别对瞬态和稳态热环境下结构模态频率试验和计算结果的分析,探讨了结构瞬态温度场对模态频率影响的机理,揭示了结构内部存在的热应力和材料属性的变化,是决定模态频率随加热时间变化趋势的内在原因。     

Imposing nodes for linear structures during harmonic excitations using SMURF method

Vibration absorbers are usually designed using the finite element (FE) model of structures. It is generally believed that the modal models are more accurate than FE models, because in modal testing the model is built by direct measurement of the test structure. In this paper, a method is proposed to design a translational vibration absorber using the measured frequency response functions of a primary structure. The designed vibration absorber imposes a node on the structure when it is excited by a harmonic force. The method is based on the structural modification using experimental frequency response functions technique and determines the required receptance of the absorber at the excitation frequency. Moreover, a procedure is developed to suppress the vibration amplitude of two arbitrary points on a linear structure subjected to harmonic excitations by attaching two sprung mass absorbers. A cantilever beam is considered for the numerical case study, and the sprung masses are designed to suppress the vibration amplitude of the beam at the selected arbitrary points. A U-shape plate was considered for the experimental validation of the method for imposing a node using one absorber. Also, a beam was tested to demonstrate the effectiveness of method for imposing two nodes on the structures. The experimental results show that the designed absorbers can considerably suppress the vibration amplitude at the selected points on the structure.     

有间隙折叠舵面的振动实验与非线性建模研究

针对折叠舵面内、外舵铰接处存在的间隙对地面振动响应的影响及间隙处的非线性建模方法展开研究.消除间隙,利用锤击法对线性折叠舵面进行模态实验,得到了前五阶模态参数;打开间隙,进行振动台扫频基础激励,实验结果表明间隙的存在会使结构的动力学响应产生非线性现象,如正反向扫描差异、跳跃、多谐波及频率漂移.非线性的影响主要体现在一阶弯曲模态上,激励量级的增大和间隙的减小均会使基频增大,且逐渐趋向于无间隙的结果,但对第二阶扭转模态的影响与第一阶相比较小.建立了折叠舵面的有限元模型. 提出了一种适用于具有集中非线性的折叠机构的模型缩减方法,并对舵面进行了模态缩减.根据Hertz接触理论,用具有线性和3/2次刚度组合形式的非线性扭转弹簧来模拟铰接处的间隙和接触.通过比较锤击实验与数值计算得到的前四阶频率和振型对模型的线性部分进行验证.通过Bathe两子步隐式复合算法计算基础激励下非线性结构的动力学响应,得到的传递函数可以模拟实验中出现的频率变化特征,验证了连接处非线性建模方法的合理性.      

Modal parameter identification based on ARMAV and state–space approaches

An accurate prediction for the response of civil and mechanical engineering structures subject to ambient excitation requires the information of dynamic properties of these structures including natural frequencies, damping ratios and mode shapes. Since the excitation force is not available as a measured signal, we need to develop techniques which are capable of accurately extracting the modal parameters from output-only data. This article presents the results of modal parameter identification using two time-domain methods as follows: the autoregressive moving average vector (ARMAV) method and the state–space method. These methods directly work with the recorded time signals and allow the analysis of structures where only the output is measured, while the input is unmeasured and unknown. The equivalence between ARMAV and state–space approaches for the problem of modal parameter identification of vibrating systems is shown in the article. Using only the singular value decomposition of a block Hankel matrix of sample covariances, it is shown that these two approaches give identical modal parameters in the case where the block Hankel matrix has full row rank. The time-domain modal identification algorithms have a serious problem of model order determination: when extracting structural modes these algorithms always generate spurious modes. A modal indicator to differentiate spurious and structural modes is presented. Numerical and experimental examples are given to show the effectiveness of the ARMAV or state–space approaches in modal parameter identification using response data only.     

Experimental modal analysis for microelectromechanical systems

The structural dynamics behavior of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which include moving, overhung, and compliant subcomponents, plays a pivotal role in determining their performance and reliability. Traditionally, experimental modal analysis is used to characterize the dynamic behavior of structures, as well as to derive, validate, update, and correct analytical and numerical models. Due to their small size, however, conventional modal testing methods cannot be directly applied to microstructures. In this paper we provide an overview of modal testing techniques for microsystems. A particular experimental modal analysis methodology that includes base excitation via a piezoelectric shaker and measurement through a laser interferometer is then described and evaluated. A distinguishing characteristic of the methodology is its simplicity, including its simple setup and off-the-shelf components. The modal model is derived for the base excitation of microcantilever beams. The effectiveness of the methodology is illustrated through various experiments on polysilicon microcantilevers for different geometries and ambient pressures. Analysis of the damping data for different pressures has confirmed the well-documented fact that the structural damping in microsystems can be considerably less than damping arising from interaction with the ambient gases.     

基础激励测试结构动力特性精度研究

结构动力特性决定结构在动力荷载作用下的动力响应,对结构的动力破坏与安全具有重要意义.精确测试结构动力特性参数是其研究的一个重要方面.采用基础激励的方法测试结构动力特性是一种行之有效的方法.通过实验的方法研究了基础激励测试结构动力特性的精度.实验结果表明,结构动力特性参数在实验范围内不受激励幅值大小的影响;基础激励频段范围对结构的振型影响不大,但对频率与阻尼比的影响很大;只要基础激励的频段包含所要测试的结构固有频率,就能精确测试出结构此阶的频率与阻尼比;如基础激励频段不包含所要测试的结构固有频率,则不能精确测试出结构此阶的频率与阻尼比.因此在使用基础激励方法测试结构动力特性时,应使基础激励的频段包含所要测试的结构固有频率.     

Noise influenced elastic cantilever dynamics with nonlinear tip interaction forces

In this work, the authors study the influence of noise on the dynamics of base-excited elastic cantilever structures at the macroscale and microscale by using experimental, numerical, and analytical means. The macroscale system is a base excited cantilever structure whose tip experiences nonlinear interaction forces. These interaction forces are constructed to be similar in form to tip interaction forces in tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM). The macroscale system is used to study nonlinear phenomena and apply the associated findings to the chosen AFM application. In the macroscale experiments, the tip of the cantilever structure experiences long-range attractive and short-range repulsive forces. There is a small magnet attached to the tip, and this magnet is attracted by another one mounted to a high-resolution translatory stage. The magnet fixed to the stage is covered by a compliant material that is periodically impacted by the cantilever’s tip. Building on their earlier work, wherein the authors showed that period-doubling bifurcations associated with near-grazing impacts occur during off-resonance base excitations of macroscale and microscale cantilevers, in the present work, the authors focus on studying the influence of Gaussian white noise when it is included as an addition to a deterministic base excitation input. The repulsive forces are modeled as Derjaguin–Muller–Toporov (DMT) contact forces in both the macroscale and microscale systems, and the attractive forces are modeled as van der Waals attractive forces in the microscale system and magnetic attractive forces in the macroscale system. A reduced-order model, based on a single mode approximation is used to numerically study the response for a combined deterministic and random base excitation. It is experimentally and numerically found that the addition of white Gaussian noise to a harmonic base excitation facilitates contact between the tip and the sample, when there was previously no contact with only the harmonic input, and results in a response that is nominally close to a period-doubled orbit. The qualitative change observed with the addition of noise is associated with near-grazing impacts between the tip and the sample. The numerical and experimental results further motivate the formulation of a general analytical framework, in which the Fokker–Planck equation is derived for the cantilever-impactor system. After making a set of approximations, the moment evolution equations are derived from the Fokker–Planck equation and numerically solved. The resulting findings support the experimental results and demonstrate that noise can be added to the input to facilitate contact between the cantilever’s tip and the surface, when there was previously no contact with only a harmonic input. The effects of Gaussian white noise are numerically studied for a tapping mode AFM application, and it is shown that contact between the tip and the sample can be realized by adding noise of an appropriate level to a harmonic excitation.     

分布振子复合板的模态阻尼及多点激励下阻尼减振相关性

分布阻尼振子可拓宽结构减振频带,因此可将振子分布于板中以形成复合板（简称“分布振子复合板”）,进而实现较宽的减振频带．对于多点支撑处受到宽频非一致激励（例如在不同激励点处的激励频率、幅值与相位有差异）的分布振子复合板,目前还缺乏有效简便的优化控制指标．在作者之前的研究中,针对含分布振子的梁推导了基于模态应变能的模态阻尼计算理论,讨论了模态阻尼与单点激励下梁的减振效果的相关性,并应用于宽频减振设计优化．本文进一步将模态阻尼计算理论推广到分布振子复合板,并将研究从梁的单点激励扩展到板的多点非一致激励下的阻尼减振相关性．首先,在利用模态应变能法推导得到分布振子复合板的模态阻尼计算公式后,从理论上讨论了不同边界条件与模态阶次对计算结果的影响,以及计算理论的适用性．而后,进一步通过有限元参数分析了边界条件、频率比、模态阶次与质量比的影响．最后,通过算例分析了无振子板或分布振子复合板在四个激励点具有多种幅值与相位组合情况下的稳态响应．结果表明,推导的模态阻尼计算公式可正确预测不同边界条件下的模态阻尼,且理论预测的模态阻尼与基板的稳态平均加速度减小率、稳态峰值应变能减小率均有较高的相关性．     

Wave based active vibration control of a membrane antenna structure

This paper studies the wave based active vibration control of a membrane antenna structure. The membrane antenna structure studied in this paper has a great prospect in aerospace engineering. First, the dynamic model of the membrane antenna structure is established based on the finite element method. Then, based on the hypothesis of modal excitation mechanism, a wave-based controller is designed using the wave attenuation method. This method does not depend on the wave transfer function of the structure, so it can be applied to structures with complex shapes and boundaries. At last, the validity of the presented controller is verified through numerical simulations. Simulation results indicate that the dynamic behavior of the membrane antenna structure shows obvious wave characteristics; the presented controller can suppress the vibration of the structure effectively through holding back the formation of standing waves, and better control effect can be obtained when the actuators are placed near to the excitation point.     

Passive and active vibration isolation under isolator-structure interaction: application to vertical excitations

This work studies the influence of a vibration isolator on the response of a flexible base structure. Two strategies are compared: passive and active vibration isolation (PVI, AVI). Although the multiple advantages of AVI over PVI techniques are well known, their effect in the base structure has not to date been compared. This interaction has an important role in the performance of the general control system, especially when the vibration isolation system is not the only system on the base structure or when there are multiple isolators working simultaneously on it. In addition, the structural serviceability of the base structure can also be affected. The analysis of the vibration isolation problem is made from a wide perspective, including the effect that isolator has on the base structure. Hence assuming the base structure is a non-rigid system. The effect of the isolation system on the base response is studied for an extensive range of base structures, thus showing different possible scenarios. The influence is quantified by comparing the peak magnitude response of the base when both passive and active vibration isolation techniques are used. The theoretical results have been corroborated by undertaking experimental tests on a full-scale laboratory structure.

     

基于模态叠加法的航空发动机轮盘振动特性研究

以某型航空发动机轮盘为研究对象,分别通过数值模拟和试验测试获得结构特定振型下的模态参数;提出采用模态置信度开展模态振型的相关度评价;基于模态叠加法开展轮盘结构谐响应分析,并通过理论推导和数值仿真开展结构阻尼和激励量值对振动响应的影响规律研究。结果表明,在轮盘结构三节径振型处,共振频率计算结果与测试结果相差1.7%,验证了模态测试的正确性。模态振型置信度为0.999,说明模态测试与仿真结果吻合较好。通过谐响应分析得到轮盘最危险点的幅频曲线,并基于数值仿真验证了轮盘结构振动响应幅值与模态阻尼呈反比、与激励量值呈正比的理论推导的正确性。     

Identifying mode shapes and modal frequencies by operational modal analysis in the presence of harmonic excitation

Operational modal analysis techniques allow us to extract the modal properties of structures based on their response to non-measured stationary white noise, i.e., by considering only the system response to operational excitations. In this paper we outline a procedure to deduce modal parameters from operational response measurements. In particular, we discuss a novel approach to analyze operational responses due to unknown harmonic excitation in addition to noise. Structural eigenfrequencies and modal damping are computed using a modified least-squares complex exponential method. Once the poles of the system are identified, mode shapes are obtained by post-processing. The robustness and accuracy of the approach are illustrated by performing tests on a plate structure.     

Application of subharmonic resonance for the detection of bolted joint looseness

Bolted joint structures are prone to bolt loosening under environmental and operational vibrations, which may severely affect the structural integrity. This paper presents a bolt looseness recognition method based on the subharmonic resonance analysis. The bolted joint structure was simplified to a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear model, and a multiple timescale method was used to explain the phenomenon of the subharmonic resonance and conditions for the generation of subharmonics. Numerical simulation predictions for the generation of the subharmonics and conditions for the subharmonics can be found with respect to the excitation frequency and the excitation amplitude. Experiments were performed on a bolt-joint aluminum beam, where the damage was simulated by loosening the bolts. Two surface-bonded piezoelectric transducers were utilized to generate continuous sinusoidal excitation and to receive corresponding sensing signals. The experimental results demonstrated that subharmonic components would appear in the response spectrum when the bolted structure was subjected to the excitation of twice its natural frequency. This subharmonic resonance method was found to be effective on bolt looseness detection.     

Experimental evidence of bifurcating nonlinear normal modes in piecewise linear systems

A system with piecewise linear restoring forces, typical of damaged beams with a breathing crack, exhibits bifurcations characterized by the onset of superabundant modes in internal resonance with a significantly different shape than that of modes on a fundamental branch. A 2-DOF frame with piecewise linear stiffness is analyzed by means of an experimental investigation; the frame is forced by an harmonic base excitation and the operative modal shapes as well as the response amplitude are directly measured; the results are compared with numerical outcomes for different damping values. This study shows that the shapes and the frequencies of certain nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) of the related autonomous system strongly affect the forced response, in both the numerical and the experimental environments. Therefore, it is possible to match the NNM with the forced response of the system, leading to the prospect of identifying the severity and position of the damage from experimental tests.     

Variations in steepness of the probability density function of beam random vibration

Dynamic behaviour of a beam, subjected to stationary random excitation, has been investigated for the situation in which the response is different from the model of a Gaussian random process. The study was restricted to the case of symmetric non-Gaussian probability density functions of beam vibrations. There are two possible causes of deviations of the system response from the Gaussian model: the first, nonlinear behaviour, concerns the system itself and the second is external when the excitation is not Gaussian. Both cases have been considered in the paper. To clarity the conclusions for each case and to avoid interference of these different types of system behaviour, two beam structures, clamped-clamped and cantilevered, have been studied. A numerical procedure for prediction of the nonlinear random response of a clamped-clamped beam under the Gaussian excitations was based on a linear modal expansion. Monte Carlo simulation was undertaken using Runge–Kutta integration of the generalised coordinate equations. Probability density functions of the beam response were analysed and approximated making use of different theoretical models. An experimental study has been carried out for a linear system of a cantilevered beam with a point mass at the free end. A pseudo-random driving signal was generated digitally in the form of a Fourier expansion and fed to a shaker input. To generate a non-Gaussian excitation a special procedure of harmonic phase adjustment was implemented instead of the random choice. In so doing, the non-Gaussian kurtosis parameter of the beam response was controlled.     

重型车驾驶室结构特性仿真分析与研究

针对某重型车驾驶室结构特性分析与优化的问题进行研究,采用CATIA软件对驾驶室进行几何建模,利用HYPERMESH软件建立有限元模型,并进行自由模态仿真分析;利用试验模态和计算模态分析对比的方法,验证了有限元模型的有效性;结合此款驾驶室的承载特点,利用MSC.Patran/Nastran对驾驶室的弯曲和扭转工况进行刚度和强度仿真计算,利用Fatigue对扭转工况下驾驶室的疲劳强度进行仿真计算,给出了驾驶室的易疲劳破坏位置。研究结果表明:驾驶室固有频率为37.826Hz,避开了激振频率,避免了共振现象;在扭转、弯曲两种工况下,驾驶室产生的最大应力分别为108MPa、38.8MPa,均小于材料许用应力,弯曲、扭转刚度满足要求,驾驶室抵抗变形的能力较好,结构设计合理。