Another explicit forms of dynamic substructuring approaches using dynamic constraints at joint nodes

Abstract

ABSTRACT The dynamic substructuring design describes the dynamic responses in the modal, frequency and physical domains using coupling methods at joint nodes. This paper presents dynamic structuring methods to modify existing substructuring methods by merging the concept of interfacial forces in the satisfaction of compatibility conditions at joint nodes. The algorithms correspond to a type of model reduction approaches that use a few modes of substructures with the assumption of pseudo-masses at the joint nodes of the substructures. It was verified through numerical examples that the pseudo-masses rarely affected the dynamic responses of the synthesized structure. A frequency response function-based substructuring method was derived by applying interface forces at joint nodes to frequency response function (FRF). The proposed dynamic substructuring methods are expressed in explicit forms for synthesizing substructures without any numerical schemes. The validity of the proposed method was illustrated using two numerical examples. The limitations of this study are evaluated using numerical examples.