Extension of active-member method of vibration testing of trusses and similar structures proposed to obtain additional data for refinement of finite-element mathematical models of vibrational properties of structures. Active truss members not only used in vibration tests to excite and measure vibrations of structures, but also made to have different effective stiffnesses in some tests, enabling excitation of different vibrational modes yielding additional data. Aspects of active-member method of vibration testing described previously in articles in NASA Tech Briefs including "Two Techniques for Suppressing Vibrations in Structures" (NPO-17889), "Active Suppression of Vibrations in a Truss" (NPO-18305), and "Active Members Excite and Measure Vibrations in Trusses" (NPO-18353).
Changing Stiffnesses Of Truss Members For Vibration Tests
NASA Tech Briefs ; 18 , 4
1994-04-01
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