A new iterative model updating method using incomplete frequency response function data

A new iterative model updating method is proposed for reduced model using incomplete frequency response function (FRF) data. It uses a modified difference vector between the analytical and experimental FRF data to construct a linear sensitivity updating equation system. To improve the convergence performance of the proposed algorithm, a concept of pseudo master degree-of-freedom (DOF) is put forward and the finite element (FE) model.is reduced to the measured and user selected pseudo DOFs. The FRFs at pseudo master DOFs are estimated using the impedance matrix of iteratively modified analytical model and the measured FRFs at master DOFs. They are only used to improve the sensitivity matrix and difference calculation between the analytical and experimental FRF data without introducing additional difference equation. At the end, a 25 truss structure is used to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. (c) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.