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Multi-degree of freedom testing is growing in popularity and in practice. This is largely due to its inherent benefits in producing realistic stresses that the test article observes in its working environment and the efficiency of testing all axes at one time instead of individually. However, deriving and applying the “correct” inputs to a test has been a challenge. This paper explores a recently developed theory into deriving rigid body accelerations as an input to a test article through sub-structuring techniques. The theory develops a transformation matrix that separates the complete system dynamics into two sub-structures, the test article and next level assembly. The transformation does this by segregating the test article’s fixed base modal coordinates and the next level assembly’s free modal coordinates. This transformation provides insight into the damage that the test article acquires from its excited fixed base shapes and how to properly excite the test article by observing the next level assembly’s rigid body motion. This paper examines using next level assembly’s rigid body motion as a direct input in a multi-degree of freedom test to excite the test article’s fixed base shapes in the same way as the working environment.
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Schoenherr, T.F. (2019). Derivation of Six Degree of Freedom Shaker Inputs Using Sub-structuring Techniques. In: Mains, M., Dilworth, B. (eds) Topics in Modal Analysis & Testing, Volume 9. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74700-2_2
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