Topics in Experimental Dynamics Substructuring and Wind Turbine Dynamics, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 30th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2012

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Tutorial on Experimental Dynamic Substructuring Using the Transmission Simulator Method....Pages 1-9
Experimental–Analytical Substructure Model Sensitivity Analysis for Cutting Machine Chatter Prediction....Pages 11-20
Eliminating Indefinite Mass Matrices with the Transmission Simulator Method of Substructuring....Pages 21-31
Using Substructuring to Predict the Human Hand Influence on a Mechanical Structure....Pages 33-44
Simple Experiments to Validate Modal Substructure Models....Pages 45-50
Experimental Realization of System-Level Vibration by Use of Single Component Based on Virtual Boundary Condition Concept....Pages 51-60
An Introduction to the SEM Substructures Focus Group Test Bed – The Ampair 600 Wind Turbine....Pages 61-70
Modal Assessment of Wind Turbine Blade in Preparation of Experimental Substructuring....Pages 71-72
Comparison of Some Wind Turbine Blade Tests in Various Configurations....Pages 73-79
Consideration of Interface Damping in Dynamic Substructuring....Pages 81-88
Direct Hybrid Formulation for Substructure Decoupling....Pages 89-107
Substructuring with Nonlinear Subcomponents: A Nonlinear Normal Mode Perspective....Pages 109-121
An Effective Method for Assembling Impulse Response Functions to Linear and Non-linear Finite Element Models....Pages 123-135
Truncating the Impulse Responses of Substructures to Speed Up the Impulse-Based Substructuring....Pages 137-148
Application of Residual Vectors to Superelement Modeling of an Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation....Pages 149-163
Demonstrating Predictive Capability of Validated Wind Turbine Blade Models....Pages 165-176
Towards the Experimental Assessment of NLBeam for Modeling Large Deformation Structural Dynamics....Pages 177-192
Wind Turbine Experimental Dynamic Substructure Development....Pages 193-203
Validation of a Finite Element Model Used for Dynamic Stress–Strain Prediction....Pages 205-214
Dynamic Stress–Strain on Turbine Blade Using Digital Image Correlation Techniques Part 1: Static Load and Calibration....Pages 215-220
Dynamic Stress–Strain on Turbine Blades Using Digital Image Correlation Techniques Part 2: Dynamic Measurements....Pages 221-226
Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades Under Fatigue Loads....Pages 227-245
Dynamic Characterization of Whisper 500 Turbine Blade....Pages 247-266
Developing a Finite Element Model in Conjunction with Modal Test for Wind Turbine Blade Models....Pages 267-277
Dynamic Stress-Strain Prediction from Limited Measurements in the Presence of Structural Defects....Pages 279-287
On the Mode Based Simulation of Dry Friction inside Lap Joints....Pages 289-298
Efficient Updating of Static Modes in the Craig-Bampton Reduction Basis....Pages 299-317
Comparison of CMS, Krylov and Balanced Truncation Based Model Reduction from a Mechanical Application Engineer’s Perspective....Pages 319-331
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Operational Modal Analysis in Sheared Wind Flow....Pages 333-344
Output-Only Estimation of Wind Induced Stresses in Structures....Pages 345-350
Modal Testing of 9 m CX-100 Turbine Blades....Pages 351-358