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Topics in Experimental Dynamics Substructuring, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 31 st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the second volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:

Nonlinear Substructures

SEM Substructures Wind Turbine Testbed - Blade Modeling & Correlation

Substructure Methods

SEM Substructures Wind Turbine Testbed

Frequency Based Substructures

Fixed Base Substructure Methods

Substructure Methods

SEM Substructures Wind Turbine Testbed

Frequency Based Substructures

Fixed Base Substructure Methods

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Integrating Biodynamic Measurements in Frequency-based Substructuring to Study Human-structure Interaction.- Investigation of Modal Iwan Models for Structures With Bolted Joints.- Identification of Nonlinear Joint Characteristics in Dynamic Substructuring.- Structural Modification of Nonlinear FEA Subcomponents Using Nonlinear Normal Modes.- Modeling and Calibration of Small-scale Wind Turbine Blade.- Ranking Constituents of Coupled Models for Improved Performance.- Numerical Substructuring Methods in Finite Element Analysis.- Substituting Internal Forces for Blocked Forces or Free Interface Displacements in Substructured Simulations.- Error Estimation and Adaptive Model Reduction Applied to Offshore Wind Turbine Modeling.- Coupling Experimental and Analytical Substructures With a Continuous Connection Using the Transmission Simulator Method.- A New Structural Modification Method With Additional Degrees of Freedom for Dynamic Analysis of Large Systems.- Additional Modal Testing of Turbine Blades and the Application of Transmission Simulator Substructuring Methodology for Coupling.- Dynamic Substructuring Wind Turbine Blade Finite Element Model Update and Correlation With Test.- Selection of Interface DoFs in Hub-blade(s) Coupling of Ampair Wind Turbine Test Bed.- The Ampair 600 Wind Turbine Benchmark: Results From the Frequency Based Substructuring Applied to the Rotor Assembly.- Coupling of a Bladed Hub to the Tower of the Ampair 600 Wind Turbine Using the Transmission Simulator Method.- Spread in Modal Data Obtained From Wind Turbine Blade Testing.- Implementation of Admittance Test Techniques for High-precision Measurement of Frequency Response Functions.- Proposed Approach for Admittance Testing of a Complex Aerospace Structure.- Validation of Current State Frequency Based Substructuring Technology for the Characterisation of Steering Gear - Vehicle Interaction.- Strategies to Exploit Test Data in Subsystem Subtraction.- Effects of Precise FRF Measurements for Frequency Based Substructuring.- Extending the Frequency Band for Fixed Base Modal Analysis on a Vibration Slip Table.- Extraction of Fixed Base Modes of a Structure Mounted on a Shake Table.- Efficient Method of Measuring Effective Mass of a System.- Formulation of a Craig-Bampton Experimental Substructure Using a Transmission Simulator.

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