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Classical structural analysis techniques have proven time and time again to be remarkably accurate for systems consisting of a single, continuous piece of material. Unfortunately, nearly all real engineering structures are assembled from multiple parts, joined by bolts, rivets, or other fasteners, and these joints introduce nonlinearities and uncertainties into systems’ structural stiffness and damping. Nonlinear damping due to jointed connections in particular is critical to limiting the resonant response of a structure, yet it remains poorly understood. This work seeks to understand the degree to which joint properties are dependent on the rest of the structure. The testable hypothesis is that the boundary conditions and the far-field structure itself (i.e. distribution of the stiffness and mass) change the way in which the interface is loaded, thus altering the perceived or deduced nonlinear properties of the mechanical joint. This hypothesis is investigated using experimental impact hammer testing methods in order to understand the extent to which alteration in the boundary conditions and far-field structure change the interface properties as well as the underlying mechanics during loading. Numerical tools are also employed to investigate and complement the experimental results, focusing on two fronts: replicating the experimental results with discrete joint models, and investigating joint loading for different modes using numerical modal analysis.
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This research was conducted as part of the Nonlinear Mechanics and Dynamics (NOMAD) Research Institute sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories in 2016. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.
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Cooper, S.B. et al. (2017). Effect of Far-Field Structure on Joint Properties. In: Allen, M., Mayes, R., Rixen, D. (eds) Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54930-9_7
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