The Development of an Enhanced Mode Indicator Function Parameter Estimation Algorithm
Abstract The renewed interest in Multiple Reference Impact Testing has triggered the development of an Enhanced Complex Mode Indicator Function (EMIF) parameter estimation procedure. The EMIF method is a multiple degree of freedom extension of the Complex Mode Indicator Function (CMIF) method which is a simple but popular multiple reference parameter estimation procedure. The CMIF procedure uses a Enhanced Frequency Response Function (EFRF) which for many multiple reference systems looks like a single degree of freedom system over a narrow frequency band around a selected system eigenvalue. A single degree of freedom algorithm is used to obtain the system eigenvalue at the enhanced frequency. The EMIF method has been developed to handle those cases where the Single degree of freedom method is not valid.