By the end of the course the students will:

• understand the different forms of the mathematical models of linear structures
• know how to make modal analysis of multi degree of freedom damped and undamped systems
• understand and handle reduced mathematical models of large structures
• learn the tools to compare theoretical and experimental modal data and frequency response functions
• learn structural coupling/decoupling and structural modification methods for large structures
• learn how to determine modal models of MDOF systems
• learn how to make experimental modal analysis of nonlinear systems