Research Article

Free-Decay Nonlinear System Identification via Mass-Change Scheme

Table 3

Identified modal masses of the 4-DOF system.

ModeIdentified modal mass (kg)Theoretical modal mass (kg)Difference (%)

131.63431.6480.046
23.9773.9820.137
31.0611.0660.488
47.7467.7780.412