Experimental validation of nonlinear model tracking with varying conditions

TA Doughty, AW Belle-Isle, N Pendowski - … of the 34th IMAC, A Conference …, 2016 - Springer
Mechanical systems can be described with models involving mass, damping, stiffness and
nonlinear parameters, albeit with varying complexity. With known healthy model values …

Implementing Noise, Multi-Frequency Stimulus, and Realtime Analysis to Nonlinear Model Tracking

TA Doughty, LJ Cassidy, SM Danforth - … 8: Proceedings of the 2016 Annual …, 2017 - Springer
Crack initiation in a cantilevered beam subject to harmonic excitation near the beam's
second natural frequency has been determined using Nonlinear Model Tracking (NMT), a …

Monitoring the Health of a Cantilever Beam Using Nonlinear Modal Tracking

TA Doughty, AK Blaser, JR Johnston - … , Volume 7: Proceedings of the 35th …, 2017 - Springer
Cantilever beams can often be used as representative models for more complex systems
and can accurately display the expected behavior of these systems under different loads …

Varied System Geometry and Noise Implementation Applied to Nonlinear Model Tracking

TA Doughty, LJ Cassidy… - ASME …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The following is a study in nondestructive health monitoring wherein the physical system
being studied is excited near resonance and mapped through its transition from health to …

Numerical Enhancement of NMT for Predicting Fatigue Failure

TA Doughty, MR Dally, MR Bacon - … , Volume 5: Proceedings of the 32nd …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Nonlinear Model Tracking (NMT) has been shown to be a robust method for
predicting failure through nondestructive health monitoring. The method has been applied to …