Update of corrected stiffness and mass matrices based on measured dynamic modal data

Abstract The physical parameters obtained from modal tests do not satisfy the dynamic constraints of eigenvalue function and orthogonality requirements due to modeling and measurement errors. The purpose of this study is to present the analytical equations on the updated stiffness and mass matrices in the satisfaction of such dynamic constraints. Minimizing the cost functions of the difference between analytical and desired physical parameter matrices, the corrected parameter matrices are straightforwardly derived by utilizing the Moore–Penrose inverse without using any multipliers. The cost functions given by a few researchers are utilized. From the comparison of the existing analytical results and the proposed equations, the validity of the proposed methods is evaluated in an application.