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Advances in Aircraft and Spacecraft Science Volume 5, Number 2, March 2018 , pages 277-294 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/aas.2018.5.2.277 |
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Comparison of mass operator methods considering test uncertainties |
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K. R. Olympio, F. Blender, M. Holz, A. Kommer and R. Vetter
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| Abstract | ||
| In the space industry, structures undergo several vibration and acoustic tests in order to verify their design and give confidence that they will survive the launch and other critical in-orbit dynamic scenarios. At component level, vibration tests are conducted with the aim to reach local or global interface loads without exceeding the design loads. So, it is often necessary to control and limit the input based on a load criterion. This means the test engineer should be able to assess the interface loads, even when load cannot be measured. This paper presents various approaches to evaluate interface loads using measured accelerations and by referring to mass operators. Various methods, from curve fitting techniques to finite element-based methods are presented. The methods are compared using signals with known imperfection to identify strengths and weaknesses of each mass operator definition. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| vibration; mass operator; acceleration measurement; load identification; neural network | ||
| Address | ||
| K. R. Olympio, M. Holz and A. Kommer: Structural Engineering Dept., Airbus DS GmbH, Claude-Dornier Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany F. Blender: 3Mechanical Systems Germany Dept., Airbus DS GmbH, Claude-Dornier Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany R. Vetter: Mechanical AIT Dept., Airbus DS GmbH, Claude-Dornier Strasse, 88090 Immenstaad, Germany | ||
