SDynpy Examples

Contents:

• Airplane Modal Test
  • Imports
  • Default Plotting Options
  • Load the Finite Element Model
  • Convert Finite Element Model to SDynPy Objects
  • Optimizing Instrumentation for Test
  • Creating a Test Geometry
  • Running a Virtual Experiment: Rigid Body Checkouts
  • Running a Virtual Experiment: Modal Testing
  • Fitting Modes using PolyPy
  • SEREP Expansion
• Rattlesnake Demonstration
  • Imports
  • Load in Test Data
  • Computing FRFs
  • Creating a Test Geometry
  • Fitting Modes to the FRFs
  • Analyzing Modal Parameters
  • Documentation Generation
  • Exporting to Exodus
• Analysis of Transient Finite Element Results
  • Problem Set Up
  • Analyzing Model Responses
  • Comparison of Excitation Techniques
  • Summary
• Model Reduction
  • Imports
  • Set up 3D Plots
  • Collect and Set Up Models
  • Creating Truth Data
  • Selecting Degrees of Freedom for Reduction and Substructuring
  • Perform the model reductions
  • Comparison of Results
• Substructuring using Craig-Bampton Superelements from Sierra/SD
  • Setting up the Problem
  • Analyzing Superelements in SDynPy
  • Combining Component Models
  • Summary
• Substructuring using the Transmission Simulator Method
  • Setting up the Problem
  • Loading the results into SDynPy
  • Reducing to Test Degrees of Freedom
  • Substructuring using the Transmission Simulator Method
  • Summary
• MIMO Random Vibration
  • Imports
  • Optimizing Instrumentation for Test
  • Simulating an Environment
  • Selecting Shaker Excitation Locations
  • Performing Vibration Control
  • Running a Test
  • Summary
• Virtual Point Transformation
  • Importing the Required Packages
  • Basic Transformation Theory
  • Generating the Example Problem
  • Performing Response Transformations
  • Performing FRF Transformations
  • Summary
  • References