Dynamic Substructures, Vol. 4 Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2024

Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4:  Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the fourth volume of ten 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 the Dynamics of Coupled Structures, including papers on:

• Linear Joints, Nonlinear Joints and Coupling
• Modal and Frequency Based Substructuring
• Round Robin Test Bed on Dynamic Substructuring
• Transfer Path Analysis and Force Estimation
• Interface Dynamics

1. Validated Finite Element Models Representing Components Building up the Technical Division’s Substructuring Benchmark Structure..- 2. A Characterization of the Uncertainty in Force-Control Testing for Aerospace Applications.- 3. Thoughts on Using Sparse Inverse Solutions in Transfer Path Analysis.- 4. Estimating Linear Joint Stiffness and Damping using a Frequency-Based Optimization Framework and the Emerging Concept of DyDis.- 5. Linear Joint Identification for Frictional Rotor Shaft-to-Hub Connections using Frequency-Based Substructuring.- 6. Investigation of Isolated Branches in Nonlinear Oscillators Using Real-Time Hybrid Testing.- 7. Effects of Rarefied Atmosphere on Radiation Damping in an Aluminum Euler Beam.- 8. Different displacement reduction spaces for the use in admittance-based TPA methods.- 9. Expansion Techniques in the Modal Domain: Practical Implementation of M-SEMM and Comparative Study with SEREP.- 10. Comparing Frequency-based and Modal-based Substructuring on the Dynamic Substructuring Round Robin Benchmark.- 11. Nonlinear Subcomponent Attachments for the Technical Division on Dynamic Substructuring Benchmark Structure.- 12. pyFBS: A Python Package for Frequency Based Substructuring.- 13. Inverse Source Estimation Tools in SDynPy, an Open-Source Python Package.- 14. A Genetic Algorithm-Based Approach for Designing a Fixture that Preserves the Desired Dynamics of a Connecting Part.- 15. Modeling Bolted Joints in the S4 Beam at Various Preloads with Discrete Iwan Elements.