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.