SDTools Publications

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Product documentation
Damping
Test/analysis correlation
Model reduction and iterative solvers
Identification and test methods
Structural dynamic modification
Other

Product documentation

Structural Dynamics Toolbox : Datasheet(518k), in japanese(518k), in chinese(518k),
PDF Manual(5645k), HTML Manual
Beginners primer by University of Bristol

Viscoelastic Vibration Toolbox : PDF Manual(868k)

ProSpadd : PDF Manual(839k)

Damping

Accounting for glue and temperature effects in Nomex based honeycomb models.
C. Florens, E. Balmès, F. Clero, M. Corus
ISMA, 2006, Download PDF (1448 K)

Damping Allocation in Automotive Structures using Reduced Models.
N. Roy, S. Germès, B. Lefbvre, E. Balmès
ISMA, 2006, Download PDF (941 K)

Model Validation for Heavily Damped Structures. Application to a Windshield Joint.
Etienne Balmès, Mathieu Corus, Sylvain Germès
ISMA, 2006, Download PDF (910 K)

Incorporating damping predictions in the vibroacoustic design process.
Etienne Balmès
ISMA, 2004, Download PDF (1.4 MB)

Design strategies for viscoelastic damping treatment applied to automotive components
Etienne Balmès and Sylvain Germès
IMAC, 2004, Download PDF (0.8 MB)

ProSPADD : outil d'aide à l'atténuation de la réponse vibroacoustique des structures.
Philippe VERDUN (ARTEC), Etienne Balmès (SDTools)
AAAF Convergence, Nov. 2003, Download PDF (0.7 MB)

Damping and complex modes (Modal Topics Presentation)
Etienne Balmès
IMAC, 2003, Download PDF (1.4 MB)

Tools for Viscoelastic Damping Treatment Design. Application to an Automotive Floor Panel
Etienne Balmès, Sylvain Germès
Int. Seminar on Modal Analysis, Leuven, 2002, Download PDF ( 473 K)

Analysis and Design Tools for Structures Damped by Viscoelastic Materials
Etienne Balmès, Adrien Bobillot
International Modal Analysis Conference, LAX, 2002, Download PDF (1317 K)

Steel/Viscoelastic/Steel Sandwich Shells. Computational Methods and Experimental Validations
Anne Sophie Plouin, Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, San Antonio, 2000, Download PDF (323 K)

A Test Validated Models of Plates with Constrained Viscoelastic Materials
Anne Sophie Plouin, Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, 1999, Download PDF (222 K)

Pseudo-modal representations of large models with viscoelastic behavior
Anne Sophie Plouin, Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Santa Barbara, 1998, Download PDF (227 K)

Model reduction for systems with frequency dependent damping properties
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, 1997, Download PDF (263 K)

Superelement representations of a model with frequency dependent properties
Etienne Balmès
Int. Seminar on Modal Analysis, Leuven, pp. 1767-1778,1996, Download PDF (200 K)

Test/analysis correlation

Orthogonal Maximum Sequence Sensor Placements Algorithms for modal tests, expansion and visibility.
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, 2005, Download PDF (968 K)

Review and Evaluation of Shape Expansion Methods
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, San Antonio, 2000, Download PDF (323 K)

Sensors, Degrees of Freedom and Generalized Expansion Methods
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, 1999, Download PDF (305 K)

Model reduction, substructuring, iterative solvers

On the reduction of quasi-cyclic disk models with variable rotation speeds.
A. Sternchuss, E. Balmès
ISMA, 2006, Download PDF (533 K)

Modes and regular shapes, how to extend component mode synthesis theory
Etienne Balmès
IMAC, 2005, Download PDF (1.7 MB)

Uncertainty propagation in modal analysis
E. Balmès, F. Ravary and D. Langlais
IMAC, 2004, Download PDF (0.3 MB)

Iterative computation of modal sensitivities
Adrien Bobillot, Etienne Balmès
AIAA Journal, to appear in 2004, Request paper

Mesure de compatibilité et application aux problèmes de sous-structuration
Hachmi Ben Dhia, Etienne Balmès
Giens 2003, Download PDF (0.3 MB)

Iterative techniques for eigenvalue solutions of damped structures coupled with fluids
Adrien Bobillot, Etienne Balmès
AIAA 2002-1391, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Request paper

Solving Minimum Dynamic Residual Expansion and Using Results for Error Localization
Adrien Bobillot, Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Kissimmee, 2001, Download PDF (597 K)

Model reduction for efficient FEM/BEM coupling
Gerald Kergourlay, Etienne Balmès, Didier Clouteau
ISMA, Leuven, September 2000, Download PDF (597 K)

Efficient sensitivity analysis based on finite element model reduction
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Santa Barbara, 1998, Download PDF (330 K)

Parametric families of reduced finite element models. Theory and applications.
Etienne Balmès
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, v 10, n 4, July, 1996, p 381-394, Request paper

Use of Generalized Interface Degrees of Freedom in Component Mode Synthesis.
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Dearborn, 1996, Download PDF (70 K)

Identification and test methods

Frequency domain identification of structural dynamics using the pole/residue parametrization.
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Dearborn, 1996, Download PDF (370 K)

New results on the identification of normal modes from experimental complex modes
Etienne Balmès
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, v 11, n 2, March, 1997, p 229-243, Request paper

GARTEUR group on ground vibration testing. Results from the test of a single structure by 12 laboratories in Europe.
Etienne Balmès, Jan Wright
International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, 1997, Download PDF (949 K)

GARTEUR group on ground vibration testing. Results from the test of a single structure by 12 laboratories in Europe.
Etienne Balmès, Jan Wright
1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 14-17, 1997, Sacramento, Download PDF (1141 K)

An evaluation of modal testing results based on the force appropriation method.
E. Balmès, C. Chapelier, P. Lubrina, P. Fargette
International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, 1996, Download PDF (68 K)

Structural Dynamic Modification

A priori verification of local FE model based force identification.
Mathieu Corus, Etienne Balmès
ISMA, 2004, Download PDF (0.9 MB)

Amélioration des méthodes de modification structurale par utilisation de techniques d'expansion et de réduction de modèles
Mathieu Corus
Doctoral Dissertation ECP 2002, Download PDF (5.6 MB)

Improvement of a Structural Modification Method Using Data Expansion and Model Reduction Techniques
Mathieu Corus, Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, February 2003 Download PDF (1250 K)

Using Expansion and Interface Reduction to Enhance Structural Modification Methods
Etienne Balmès, Laurent Billet
International Modal Analysis Conference, Kissimmee, 2001, Download PDF (597 K)

Other

Modeling Thermal Effects on Bridge Dynamic Responses.
Etienne Balmès, Mathieu Corus, D.Siegert
International Modal Analysis Conference, 2006, Download PDF (1030 K)

Methods for Vibration Design and Validation.
E. Balmes
Course Notes, Ecole Centrale Paris 1997-2005 (still partially in French), Download PDF (3.6 MB)

Mesure et prédiction vibroacoustique de structures viscoélastiques. Application à une enceinte acoustique.
G. Kergourlay
Doctoral Dissertation ECP 2004, Download PDF (6 MB)

Méthodes itératives pour le recalage. Applications au cas d'Ariane 5
A. Bobillot
Doctoral Dissertation ECP 2002, Download PDF (5.6 MB)

On the dynamics and modelling of a microm electro-mechanical structure (MEMS)
I. Bucher, A. Elka, E. Balmes
International Modal Analysis Seminaler, Leuven, Sept. 2002, Download PDF (868 K)

Predicted variability and differences between the tests of a single structure
Etienne Balmès
International Modal Analysis Conference, Santa Barbara, 1998, Download PDF(561 K)

Modèles analytiques réduits et modèles expérimentaux complets en dynamique des structures
E. Balmès
Mémoire d'habilitation à diriger des recherches soutenue à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie le 10 juillet 1997.
Download PDF(938K)