Kannapolis, North Carolina - October2025
Overview: Introduction to modal analysis. Though review of theory with best practices for instrumentation and excitation. Explanation of boundary conditions and their effect of modal frequencies and shapes. Detailed parameter estimation and mode indicator functions explanations. Valuable hands on measurements both using impact hammer and shaker.

1. Modal theory - comprehensive theory

2. Digital signal processing digitization, quantization, aliasing, leakage, windows

3. FRF measurement - Linear/Power Spectra, Frequency Response Function, Coherence, Noise

4. Impact measurement modal test

5. Group measurements–familiarity with DAQ and measurement issues (hammer/tips; force/exponential windows; FRF/coherence, double impacts)Shaker for MIMO modal test Mode indicator functions

6. Modal parameters estimation concepts, Model validation

7. Complete the entire modal test, perform second test with different references