Practical 6

Load identification - frequency

domain deconvolution
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OE44055 Load Identification and Monitoring of Structures

Identify the time-varying forces using 3
(contaminated) displacement
measurements 1 () 2 ()

1 = 22 ()
measurement
locations

OE44055 Load Identification and Monitoring of Structures

Questions
1. The inverse problem is solved separately for every
frequency. Assuming that there are no rank-deficiency
issues, how many solutions exist? Are the least squares
and SVD solutions different?
2. Calculate the LS solution using simulated data with added
noise and plot the identified forces in the time as well as
frequency domain. Discuss the results. inverse.m
3. What type of regularization (space/time) can we apply?
Calculate a regularized solution to the problem (Tikhonov),
plot it, and discuss.
4. Formulate in words what additional information we are
incorporating into the inversion process by means of the
regularization.

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Theory

OE44055 Load Identification and Monitoring of Structures

 Writing the problem in the =
form
1. (Full-order) solution in the frequency domain: = d

= p


=

() nDOFnDOF .
where

2. For nd measurements and np forces: = ?

= ?
=
()
= ?

where () ndnp contains elements h ()

representing the frequency response at DOF due to a
unit loading at location .

OE44055 Load Identification and Monitoring of Structures

Least squares (LS) and SVD
solutions to the inverse problem
: LS = 1
= : 1
: 1 SVD = 1 =

1. If rank() = : = 1
2. If rank() < : only minimizer of 2
with minimum 2-norm
3. If = = rank(): = 1

OE44055 Load Identification and Monitoring of Structures

Tikhonov regularization
2 2
= 2 + 2 2

, = arg min S = # where # = + 2 1

Time and space regularization:

1
, , = + 2 + 2

Filter factors:

reg =

=1
2
= 2
+ 2
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