Introduction to Operational Modal Analysis

Provides all the information an engineer will require to set up an operational modal test.§The first book dedicated to operational modal analysis (OMA) and authored by a pioneer in the field, Introduction to Operational Modal Analysis provides all the information an engineer will require to set up an operational modal test. Brincker begins with a general treatment of fundamental material associated with modal analysis, introducing vibrating structures and random vibrations as well as basic theories of transforms, before progressing to the core of the book - the three main steps in all OMA - testing, signal processing and identification. He then introduces the most important applications of OMA: validation and updating, structural health monitoring and damage detection and force identification, including examples in civil as well as in mechanical engineering, and discusses some advanced problems such as the handling of non-linearities and estimation of mode shape scaling factors.§Introduction to Operational Modal Analysis collates together a wealth of information and state-of-the-art research currently disseminated throughout different books and journal papers; it offers an indispensible resource for practitioners and researchers from automotive, aerospace, mechanical, civil and structural industries working with experimental or analytical vibration analysis/ modal testing.§First book on the market dedicated to operational modal analysis, a field that has seen rapid development in recent years§Provides a general treatment of fundamental material associated with modal analysis, then progresses to address in detail the three main steps in all OMA - testing, signal processing and identification§Collates together a wealth of information and state-of-the-art research currently disseminated throughout different books and journal papers§Includes a MATLAB toolbox on an accompanying website, complemented by illustrative examples supporting the theory covered in the book§A valuable resource for Practitioners including researchers and engineers from automotive, aerospace, mechanical, civil and structural industries, who work with experimental or analytical vibration analysis/ modal testing.