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2. Modal test tutorial

An experimental modal analysis project can be decomposed in following steps

• before the test, preparation and design (see section 2.2)
• acquisition of test data, import into the SDT, direct exploitation of measurements (visualization, operational deflection shapes, ...) (see section 2.1)
• identification of modal properties from test data (see section 2.3)
• handling of MIMO tests and other model transformations (output of identified models to state-space, normal mode, ... formats, taking reciprocity into account, ...) (see section 2.4)

Further steps (test/analysis correlation, shape expansion, structural dynamics modification) are discussed in chapter section 3.