A reduced order model called the Fundamental Mistuning Model (FMM)
accurately predicts vibratory response of a bladed disk system. The FMM
software may describe the normal modes and natural frequencies of a
mistuned bladed disk using only its tuned system frequencies and the
frequency mistuning of each blade/disk sector (i.e., the sector
frequencies). The FMM system identification methods--basic and advanced
FMM ID methods--use the normal (i.e., mistuned) modes and natural
frequencies of the mistuned bladed disk to determine sector frequencies
as well as tuned system frequencies. FMM may predict how much the bladed
disk will vibrate under the operating (rotating) conditions. Field
calibration and testing of the blades may be performed using traveling
wave analysis and FMM ID methods. The FMM model can be generated
completely from experimental data. Because of FMM's simplicity, no
special interfaces are required for FMM to be compatible with a finite
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