PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION METHOD OF NONLINEAR JOINTS

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Parameter identification method of nonlinear joints

Joints are widely used in many kinds of engineering structures, which often leads to the structures to exhibit local nonlinearities, and moreover, they are difficult to model because the complexity of configuration and operating mode. Therefore, parameter identification technique is usually used to model the joints and estimate the model parameters. A novel parameter identification method of nonlinear joints inside a structure is introduced in this paper, by expressing the force transmitted by the joint as a function of its mechanical state and assuming that the other part of the structure is known. In general, the force transmitted by the joints inside a structure and their mechanical state are difficult to measure. To overcome this difficulty, the algorithm of stochastic optimal control is used to identify the force transmitted by the joints and their mechanical state. After that, parameters of the joints can be identified by least squares parameter estimation method. Numerical simulation examples are also given to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.