Practical guidelines for the natural excitation technique (NExT) and the eigensystem realization algorithm (ERA) for modal identification using ambient vibration

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Caicedo, J M ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT EXCITATION; AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTION; EIGENSYSTEM REALIZATION ALGORITHMS; HIGH AMPLITUDES; MODAL IDENTIFICATION; NATURAL EXCITATIONS; NOISE-TO-SIGNAL RATIOS; OUTPUT-ONLY MODAL IDENTIFICATION; PARAMETER SELECTION; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; REFERENCE CHANNELS; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 79960937235     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: 17471567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1567.2010.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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