Nonlinear modeling and identification of the dynamic behavior of polyurethane foam

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6 C, Issue , 2001, Pages 2467-2476

  Singh, R ^a   Davies, P ^a   Bajaj, A K ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DAMPING; ELASTIC MODULI; FOAMED PLASTICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYURETHANES; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; COST FUNCTIONS; DESIGN; EXCITED STATES; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EXCITATION FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC EXCITATION; LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZATION; POLYURETHANE FOAM; STEADY STATE RESPONSE; DIRECTIONAL DYNAMICS; IDENTIFICATION PROCESS; MODEL PARAMETER ESTIMATION; OPTIMAL COST FUNCTION; SINGLE SET OF PARAMETERS; STEADY-STATE RESPONSE; VISCOELASTIC MODELING;

VISCOELASTICITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0035790690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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