{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": { "slideshow": { "slide_type": "slide" } }, "source": [ "# Dynamic Testing" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "We want to measure the dynamical characteristics of a SDOF building system,\n", "i.e., its mass, its damping coefficient and its elastic stiffness.\n", "\n", "To this purpose, we demonstrate that is sufficient to measure the steady-state\n", "response of the SDOF when subjected to a number of harmonic excitations with\n", "different frequencies.\n", "\n", "The steady-state response is characterized by its amplitude, $ρ$ and the phase\n", "delay, $θ$, as in $x_{SS}(t) = ρ \\sin(ωt − θ)$.\n", "\n", "A SDOF structural system is excited by a vibrodyne that exerts a harmonic force\n", "$p(t) = p_o\\sin ωt$, with $p_o = 2.224\\,{}$kN at different frequencies, and we can\n", "measure the steady-state response parameters for two different input frequencies,\n", "as detailed in the following table.\n", "\n", "\n", "
$i$ | \n", "$ω_i$ (rad/s) | \n", "$ρ_i$ (μm) | \n", "$θ_i$ (deg) | \n", "$\\cos θ_i$ | \n", "$\\sin θ_i$ | \n", "
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1 | \n", "16.0 | \n", "183.0 | \n", "15.0 | \n", "0.9660 | \n", "0.2590 | \n", "
2 | \n", "25.0 | \n", "368.0 | \n", "55.0 | \n", "0.5740 | \n", "0.8190 | \n", "