Generalized random decrement method for analysis of vibration data

Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 806-813

  Spanos, P D ^a   Zeldin, B A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WHITE ACOUSTIC NOISE;

AUTO CORRELATION FUNCTION; FREE VIBRATION CURVE; RANDOM DECREMENT METHOD;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0032114766     PISSN: 10489002     EISSN: 15288927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2893901     Document Type: Article

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