Continuous-time operational modal analysis in the presence of harmonic disturbances-The multivariate case

Recently [R. Pintelon, B. Peeters, P. Guillaume, Continuous-time operational modal analysis in the presence of harmonic disturbances, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 22 (5) (2008) 1017-1035] a single-output algorithm for continuous-time operational modal analysis in the presence of harmonic disturbances with time-varying frequency has been developed. This paper extends the results of Pintelon, et al. [Continuous-time operational modal analysis in the presence of harmonic disturbances, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 22 (5) (2008) 1017-1035] to multi-output signals. The statistical performance of the proposed maximum likelihood estimator is illustrated on simulations and real helicopter data. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.