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Assessing design changes in mechanical systems from simulationresults requires both accurate dynamic models and accurate values forparameters in the models. Model parameters are often unavailable ordifficult to measure. This study details an identification procedure fordetermining optimal values for unknown or estimated model parametersfrom experimental test data. The resulting optimization problem issolved by Levenberg–Marquardt methods. Partial derivative matricesneeded for the optimization are computed through sensitivity analysis.The sensitivity equations to be solved are generated analytically.Unfortunately, not all parameters can be uniquely determined using anidentification procedure. An issue of parameter identifiability remains.Since a global identifiability test is impractical for even the simplestmodels, a local identifiability test is developed. Two examples areprovided. The first example highlights the test for parameteridentifiability, while the second shows the usefulness of parameteridentification by determining vehicle suspension parameters fromexperimentally measured data.
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Serban, R., Freeman, J. Identification and Identifiability of Unknown Parameters in Multibody Dynamic Systems. Multibody System Dynamics 5, 335–350 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011434711375
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