Nonlinear System Identification in Structural Dynamics: Current Status and Future Directions

Nonlinear system identification aims at developing high-fidelity mathematical models in the presence of nonlinearity from input and output measurements performed on the real structure. The present paper is a discussion of the recent developments in this research field. Three of the latest approaches are presented, and application examples are considered to illustrate their fundamental concepts, advantages and limitations. Another objective of this paper is to identify future research needs, which would make the identification of structures with a high modal density in abroad frequency range viable