Model Updating Based on Frequency Response Functions Using A General Finite Element Code

Model updating techniques using frequency response function (FRF) data are studied in this paper. The numerical techniques are discussed for implementation with a large commercial finite element (FE ) code. System equivalent reduction expansion process is adopted to reduce the complete FE solutions onto the experimental degrees of freedom. The rank-deficiency difficulty with this method is overcome using either of two numerical techniques: diagonal perturbation and singular value decomposition. This second technique is also used in solving the updating equation. Experimental FRF data are compared with the FE solutions, and the updated model parameters are obtained via an iteration procedure. A simplified frequency domain assurance criterion is proposed to evaluate the correlation between the FE model and the measured structure at the chosen frequencies. After verifying the efficiency of the methods with several benchmark tests, the program is applied to an aeroplane model test. Some conclusions are given and remaining problems illustrated.