Sensitivity-Based External Calibration of Multiaxial Loading System
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 136, Issue 2
Abstract
Due to the nonlinear nature of coordinate transformations, evaluation and calibration of multiaxial loading systems in global Cartesian coordinates are challenging problems. This study proposes a systematic calibration method for multiaxial loading systems in global coordinates using an external measurement system. Global coordinate measurement for a multiaxial loading system is usually obtained from a geometric transformation based on internal actuator measurements. However, any misrepresentation of initial actuator configuration (e.g., origin, pin locations, etc.) introduces errors and cross-talk in the global Cartesian coordinates. Such errors and cross-talk cannot be observed or eliminated based on internal measurements. The method proposed in this paper is based on the sensitivity of the global coordinates with respect to the initial actuator length. To validate the proposed method, calibration is performed using the state-of-the-art Load and Boundary Condition Box at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the multiaxial loading system and the Krypton Dynamic Measurement Machine as the external measurement system. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed sensitivity-based external calibration method is effective for improving control accuracy and reducing cross-talk of multiaxial loading systems in global Cartesian coordinates.
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Acknowledgments
The developments described in the paper are supported by the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Program (NSF Grant No. UNSPECIFIEDCMS-0217325) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Mid-America Earthquake Center (MAE), an Engineering Research Center funded by the National Science Foundation under cooperative agreement reference Grant No. NSFEEC 97-01785.
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Received: Oct 26, 2007
Accepted: Oct 2, 2009
Published online: Jan 15, 2010
Published in print: Feb 2010
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