A critical review of nonlinear damping identification in structural dynamics: Methods, applications, and challenges

T Al-Hababi, M Cao, B Saleh, NF Alkayem, H Xu - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, nonlinear damping identification (NDI) in structural dynamics has
attracted wide research interests and intensive studies. Different NDI strategies, from …

Experimental continuation in nonlinear dynamics: recent advances and future challenges

G Raze, G Abeloos, G Kerschen - arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.00138, 2024 - arxiv.org
Experimental continuation encompasses a set of methods that combine control and
continuation to obtain the full bifurcation diagram of a nonlinear system experimentally …

Nonlinear damping quantification from phase-resonant tests under base excitation

F Müller, L Woiwode, J Gross, M Scheel… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work addresses the experimental identification of amplitude-dependent modal
parameters (modal frequency, damping ratio, Fourier coefficients of periodic modal …

Stepped and swept control-based continuation using adaptive filtering

G Abeloos, L Renson, C Collette, G Kerschen - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
This paper introduces a new online method for performing control-based continuation
(CBC), speeding up the model-less identification of stable and unstable periodic orbits of …

Observations of modal coupling due to bolted joints in an experimental benchmark structure

M Wall, MS Allen, RJ Kuether - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of this paper is to present a set of measurements from a benchmark structure
containing two bolted joints to support future efforts to predict the damping due to the joints …

Experimental modal analysis of nonlinear amplified piezoelectric actuators by using response-controlled stepped-sine testing

A Koyuncu, T Karaağaçlı, M Şahin… - Experimental Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
Background The nonlinear dynamic behavior of miniature stack-type piezoelectric actuators
is not yet fully investigated and is still an open research field. Objective The objective of this …

Good practices for designing and experimental testing of dynamically excited jointed structures: The Orion beam

RO Teloli, P Butaud, G Chevallier, S da Silva - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new lap-joint configuration, the so-called Orion beam. The new setup
is composed of two thin beams connected by three bolted joints with contact patches on …

Experimental quantification and validation of modal properties of geometrically nonlinear structures by using response-controlled stepped-sine testing

T Karaağaçlı, HN Özgüven - Experimental Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
Background Various nonlinear system identification methods applicable to distributed
nonlinearities have been developed over the last decade. However, many of them are not …

Tracking superharmonic resonances for nonlinear vibration of conservative and hysteretic single degree of freedom systems

JH Porter, MRW Brake - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2024 - Elsevier
Many modern engineering structures exhibit nonlinear vibration. Characterizing such
vibrations efficiently is critical to optimizing designs for reliability and performance. For linear …

[HTML][HTML] A new paradigm for multi-fidelity continuation using parallel model refinement

J Gross, V Gupta, C Berthold, M Krack - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerical path continuation is commonly applied to determine how limit states of dynamical
systems evolve with a free parameter. For high-fidelity models of complicated nonlinear …