Modal Analysis Seminar with Dr. Pete Avitable

Dr. Pete Avitable provides real-world experience to attendees during his seminar

Attendees practicing a live modal test.

Crystal Instrument’s Canadian distributor, Dalimar Instruments, recently hosted a three day modal analysis seminar in Toronto, ON, this November. The seminar was a great success, with a wide range of participants from all over North America. Seminar attendees learned everything from the basics of setting up a modal test to best practices in testing and in-depth modal theory. Modal testing variations included hammer excitation, SIMO shaker excitation, and MIMO shaker excitation.

Specific topics covered by Dr. Pete Avitable during the seminar included:

• Impact/shaker basics

• Modal theory

• DSP basics

• Windowing

• Measurement definitions

• Impact/shaker excitation

• Mode indicator function

• Modal parameter estimation

• Validation

Modal analysis is one of the most important testing tools for mechanical test engineers and spans a wide range of industries, including:

• Automotive (e.g., full vehicle structural testing, component testing)

• Aerospace (e.g., aircraft GVT testing, satellite structural testing)

• Structural dynamics (e.g., wind turbine blades, bridges)

• Consumer commodities (e.g., golf clubs, baseball bats, washing machines)

For more information on how Crystal Instruments can provide complete solutions for modal testing and analysis, please contact sales@go-ci.com. To view our modal test cases, please visit https://www.crystalinstruments.com/test-cases.

To register for the next modal seminar with Dr. Pete Avitable at the Crystal Instruments headquarters in Santa Clara, CA (March 12-14, 2024), please contact info@go-ci.com. Spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Crystal Instruments, Dalimar Instruments, and Modal Seminar attendees enjoy a social dinner after a long day of learning and testing.