Title: Experimental and numerical modal analysis of a passenger vehicle

Authors: Akın Oktav

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Bebek 34242, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract: Structural dynamic characteristics of a passenger vehicle are identified through experimental and numerical studies. Apart from the literature, a manual adaptive method is proposed. First, panel contribution tests are performed on the full vehicle and on the body-in-white. Then, an experimental modal analysis is conducted on the body-in-white. The outcomes of experimental studies are correlated with the numerical ones. A verified modal model of the passenger vehicle is achieved.

Keywords: experimental modal analysis; EMA; panel contribution analysis; modal assurance criterion; MAC; wireframe models; model updating; structural dynamics; passenger vehicles; body-in-white; modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVNV.2016.081824

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, 2016 Vol.12 No.4, pp.302 - 313

Received: 04 Mar 2016
Accepted: 20 Sep 2016

Published online: 26 Jan 2017 *

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