EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural Excitations

This paper presents a new EEMD-MUSIC- (ensemble empirical mode decomposition-multiple signal classification-) based methodology to identify modal frequencies in structures ranging from free and ambient vibration signals produced by artificial and natural excitations and also considering several fact...

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Main Authors: David Camarena-Martinez, Juan P. Amezquita-Sanchez, Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez, Rene J. Romero-Troncoso, Roque A. Osornio-Rios, Arturo Garcia-Perez
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/587671
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author David Camarena-Martinez
Juan P. Amezquita-Sanchez
Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez
Rene J. Romero-Troncoso
Roque A. Osornio-Rios
Arturo Garcia-Perez
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Juan P. Amezquita-Sanchez
Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez
Rene J. Romero-Troncoso
Roque A. Osornio-Rios
Arturo Garcia-Perez
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description This paper presents a new EEMD-MUSIC- (ensemble empirical mode decomposition-multiple signal classification-) based methodology to identify modal frequencies in structures ranging from free and ambient vibration signals produced by artificial and natural excitations and also considering several factors as nonstationary effects, close modal frequencies, and noisy environments, which are common situations where several techniques reported in literature fail. The EEMD and MUSIC methods are used to decompose the vibration signal into a set of IMFs (intrinsic mode functions) and to identify the natural frequencies of a structure, respectively. The effectiveness of the proposed methodology has been validated and tested with synthetic signals and under real operating conditions. The experiments are focused on extracting the natural frequencies of a truss-type scaled structure and of a bridge used for both highway traffic and pedestrians. Results show the proposed methodology as a suitable solution for natural frequencies identification of structures from free and ambient vibration signals.
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spelling doaj-art-c565977ea9734b51b29832adb85ad4682025-02-03T07:25:40ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal2356-61401537-744X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/587671587671EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural ExcitationsDavid Camarena-Martinez0Juan P. Amezquita-Sanchez1Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez2Rene J. Romero-Troncoso3Roque A. Osornio-Rios4Arturo Garcia-Perez5HSPdigital-CA Mecatronica, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Campus San Juan del Rio, Rio Moctezuma 249, 76807 San Juan del Rio, QRO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Mecatronica, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Campus San Juan del Rio, Rio Moctezuma 249, 76807 San Juan del Rio, QRO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Mecatronica, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Campus San Juan del Rio, Rio Moctezuma 249, 76807 San Juan del Rio, QRO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Telematica, Procesamiento Digital de Señales, DICIS, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carr. Salamanca-Valle km 3.5+1.8, Palo Blanco, 36700 Salamanca, GTO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Mecatronica, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Campus San Juan del Rio, Rio Moctezuma 249, 76807 San Juan del Rio, QRO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Telematica, Procesamiento Digital de Señales, DICIS, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carr. Salamanca-Valle km 3.5+1.8, Palo Blanco, 36700 Salamanca, GTO, MexicoThis paper presents a new EEMD-MUSIC- (ensemble empirical mode decomposition-multiple signal classification-) based methodology to identify modal frequencies in structures ranging from free and ambient vibration signals produced by artificial and natural excitations and also considering several factors as nonstationary effects, close modal frequencies, and noisy environments, which are common situations where several techniques reported in literature fail. The EEMD and MUSIC methods are used to decompose the vibration signal into a set of IMFs (intrinsic mode functions) and to identify the natural frequencies of a structure, respectively. The effectiveness of the proposed methodology has been validated and tested with synthetic signals and under real operating conditions. The experiments are focused on extracting the natural frequencies of a truss-type scaled structure and of a bridge used for both highway traffic and pedestrians. Results show the proposed methodology as a suitable solution for natural frequencies identification of structures from free and ambient vibration signals.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/587671
spellingShingle David Camarena-Martinez
Juan P. Amezquita-Sanchez
Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez
Rene J. Romero-Troncoso
Roque A. Osornio-Rios
Arturo Garcia-Perez
EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural Excitations
The Scientific World Journal
title EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural Excitations
title_full EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural Excitations
title_fullStr EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural Excitations
title_full_unstemmed EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural Excitations
title_short EEMD-MUSIC-Based Analysis for Natural Frequencies Identification of Structures Using Artificial and Natural Excitations
title_sort eemd music based analysis for natural frequencies identification of structures using artificial and natural excitations
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