Damping estimation using free decays and ambient vibration tests

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1274-1290

  Magalhães, Filipe ^a   Cunha, Álvaro ^a   Caetano, Elsa ^a   Brincker, Rune ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ambient vibration tests; Damping; Free vibration tests; Full scale tests; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT VIBRATION TEST; AMBIENT VIBRATION TESTS; FREE-VIBRATION TESTS; FULL SCALE TESTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRIDGES; CABLES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DAMPING; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TESTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77953132810     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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