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Exercise Examples -  Advanced Modal FE Model Validation & Updating Course

Disk Drive - Modal Correlation of Test Data and FE-Model

Exercise Steps:
1. Interfacing to Test and FE-databases
2. Dynamic Analysis
3. Spatial Correlation
4. Mode Shape Pairing
5. Modal Correlation
6. FE Model Updating
     - Sensitivity Analysis
     - Parameter & Response Selection

Screen Shot shows:
1. MAC before/after
2. Parameter Changes
3. Correlation Tracking
4. Frequency Pairs
5. Graphic Tables
Car Body - Probabilistic Model Updating / Uncertainty Analysis (Monte Carlo)

Exercise Steps:
Body model with Bolts
- uncertainty analysis
- Bolts modeled as springs
- Spring Stiffness is used as Parameter
- Calculation of 10 modes with 100 samples of combinations of stiffness parameters

Screen Shot shows:
1. FEA Mode Shapes
2. MC Response Matrix
3. MC Histogram
4. Graphic Tables