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This paper presents a time domain technique for estimating dynamic loads acting on a structure from acceleration time response measured experimentally at a finite number of optimally placed accelerometers on the structure. The technique utilizes model reduction to obtain precise load estimates. The structure essentially acts as its own load transducer. The approach is based on the standard equilibrium equations of motion in modal coordinates. The modal parameters of a system – natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping factors – can be estimated experimentally from measured data, analytically for simple problems, or using the finite element method. For measurement of the acceleration response, there can be a large number of locations on the structure where the accelerometers can be mounted, and the precision with which the applied loads are estimated from measured acceleration response may be strongly influenced by the locations selected for accelerometer placements. A solution approach, based on the construction of D-optimal designs, is presented to determine the number and optimum locations of accelerometers that will provide the most precise load estimates. An improvement in the algorithm, based on reduced modal matrix, is further proposed to reconstruct the input forces accurately. Numerical examples that help understand the main characteristics of the proposed approach are also presented. The numerical results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed technique in accurately recovering the loads imposed on discrete as well as continuous systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the iterative solutions of two coefficient inverse problems (CIPs) arising in frequency sounding and electrical prospecting. An iterative algorithm is constructed to obtain such solutions. Exploiting the Beilina–Klibanov approach to CIPs, this algorithm possesses the new iterative and refinement procedures. These features enhance significantly both the spatial and contrast resolutions of reconstructed coefficients. The computational effectiveness of the proposed numerical technique is demonstrated in computational experiments with two applied CIPs: electromagnetic or acoustic frequency sounding and electrical prospecting of layered media. The Slichter–Langer–Tikhonov formulation is exploited as a mathematical model of the latter. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this paper, we propose a simple, iteration free and easy-to-implement numerical algorithm for the solution of inverse Cauchy problem in linear or nonlinear elasticity. The bottom of a finite rectangular plate is imposed by overspecified boundary data, and we seek unknown data on the top side. A spring-damping transform method (SDTM) is introduced to the Navier equations, such that after a discretization by the differential quadrature method, we can apply a novel Lie-group integrator, namely the mixed group-preserving scheme (MGPS), to solve them as an initial value problem. Several numerical examples including nonlinear ones are examined to show that the MGPS can overcome the ill-posed behaviour of the inverse Cauchy problem in elasticity, which has good efficiency and stability against the noisy disturbance, even with an intensity large up toand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we propose an algorithm for constructing a pentadiagonal matrix with given prescribed three spectra. Sufficient conditions for solvability of the problem are given. We generate an algorithmic procedure to construct the solution matrices and we given a numerical example illustrating the construction algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]