Stochastic Finite Element Model Updating by Bootstrapping
Paper in proceeding, 2016

This paper presents a new stochastic finite element model calibration framework for estimation of the uncertainty in model parameters, which combines the principles of bootstrapping with the technique of FE model calibration with damping equalization. The bootstrapping allows to quantify the uncertainty bounds on the model parameters by constructing a number of resamples, with replacement, of the experimental data and solving the FE model calibration problem on the resampled datasets. To a great extent, the success of the calibration problem depends on the starting value for the parameters. The formulation of FE model calibration with damping equalization gives a smooth metric with a large radius of convergence to the global minimum and its solution can be viewed as the initial estimate for the model parameters. In this study, practical suggestions are made to improve the performance of this algorithm in dealing with noisy measurements. The performance of the proposed stochastic calibration algorithm is illustrated using simulated data for a six degree-of-freedom mass-spring model.

Frequency response

0.632 Bootstrap

Uncertainty quantification

Stochastic FE model calibration

Experiment design

Author

Vahid Yaghoubi Nasrabadi

Dynamics

Majid Khorsand Vakilzadeh

Dynamics

Swedish Wind Power Technology Center (SWPTC)

Anders Johansson

Dynamics

Thomas Abrahamsson

Dynamics

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

21915644 (ISSN) 21915652 (eISSN)

Vol. 3 117-130

34th IMAC Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics
Orlando, FL, USA,

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

DOI

10.1007/978-3-319-29754-5_11

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