General framework for transfer path analysis: History, theory and classification of techniques

General framework for transfer path analysis: History, theory and classification of techniques

Van der Seijs, M.V.
De Klerk, D.
Rixen, D.J.

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Precision and Microsystems Engineering

2015-08-28

Transfer Path Analysis (TPA) designates the family of test-based methodologies to study the transmission of mechanical vibrations. Since the first adaptation of electric network analogies in the field of mechanical engineering a century ago, a multitude of TPA methods have emerged and found their way into industrial development processes. Nowadays the TPA paradigm is largely commercialised into out-of-the-box testing products, making it difficult to articulate the differences and underlying concepts that are paramount to understanding the vibration transmission problem. The aim of this paper is to derive and review a wide repertoire of TPA techniques from their conceptual basics, liberating them from their typical field of application. A selection of historical references is provided to align methodological developments with particular milestones in science. Eleven variants of TPA are derived from a unified framework and classified into three categories, namely classical, component-based and transmissibility-based TPA. Current challenges and practical aspects are discussed and reference is made to related fields of research.

transfer path analysis
source characterisation
vibration transmission
dynamic substructuring

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Elsevier

0888-3270

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 68-69, 2016

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