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As all experimental procedures, Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA) is subject to a wide range of potential testing and processing errors. The modal identification methods are sensitive to these errors, yielding modal results which are uncertain up to certain error bounds. The question hence is what these error bounds on test data and modal parameters are. In this paper, the studied source of uncertainty is related to the variance (noise) on the Frequency Response Function (FRF) measurements. Under the H1 assumptions and in single-input cases, the FRF variances can be computed from the coherences and the FRFs. In multiple-input cases, some more measurement functions are required. Advanced system identification methods like the Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) and PolyMAX Plus have the possibility to take the uncertainty on the measurement data into account and to propagate the data uncertainty to (modal) parameter uncertainty. This paper will review FRF variance estimation techniques, including some pragmatic approaches. The basic concepts of Maximum Likelihood Estimation and the calculation of confidence bounds will be discussed. Some typical structural testing and modal analysis cases will be used as illustration of the discussed concepts.
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Peeters, B., El-Kafafy, M., Guillaume, P., Van der Auweraer, H. (2014). Uncertainty propagation in Experimental Modal Analysis. In: Atamturktur, H., Moaveni, B., Papadimitriou, C., Schoenherr, T. (eds) Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04552-8_5
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