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most citedImproved Tangential Interpolation-based Multi-input Multi-output Modal Analysis of a Full Aircraft

12 citations · 25 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

eess.SP2026

International Space Station operational modal analysis via iterative pole relocation

Marco Civera, Gabriele Dessena, Marina Cózar Alcázar +2

In recent years, increasing aerospace safety requirements have intensified the demand for reliable structural damage detection. This work presents an Operational Modal Analysis app…

eess.SP2026

Enhanced input stacking for non-square MIMO modal identification of aeronautical structures via Fast and Relaxed Vector Fitting

Beatrice E. Bauret Martínez, Gabriele Dessena, Marco Civera +1

Fast and Relaxed Vector Fitting (FRVF) is a frequency-domain system identification approach that has been widely adopted in electrical system modelling, while its application to me…

eess.SY2026

Operational Modal Analysis of Aeronautical Structures via Tangential Interpolation

Gabriele Dessena, Marco Civera, Oscar E. Bonilla-Manrique

Over the last decades, progress in modal analysis has enabled increasingly routine use of modal parameters for applications such as structural health monitoring and finite element…

eess.SP2026

Modal Parameter Extraction via Propeller-Driven Vibration Testing

Gabriele Dessena, Alessandro Pontillo

Ground Vibration Testing (GVT) supports aircraft certification but often requires lengthy and costly campaigns. Propeller-driven Vibration Testing (PVT) is assessed here as an outp…

eess.SY2026

Affordable Data Collection System for UAVs Taxi Vibration Testing

Chaoyi Lin Yang, Gabriele Dessena, Oscar E. Bonilla-Manrique

Structural vibration testing plays a key role in aerospace engineering for evaluating dynamic behaviour, ensuring reliability and verifying structural integrity. These tests rely o…

eess.SY2025★ 2 cited

Damping Identification Sensitivity in Flutter Speed Estimation

Gabriele Dessena, Alessandro Pontillo, Marco Civera +3

Predicting flutter remains a key challenge in aeroelastic research, with certain models relying on modal parameters, such as natural frequencies and damping ratios. These models ar…

cs.CE2025★ 1 cited

A Paradigm Shift to Assembly-like Finite Element Model Updating

Gabriele Dessena, Alessandro Pontillo, Dmitry I. Ignatyev +2

In general, there is a mismatch between a finite element model {(FEM)} of a structure and its real behaviour. In aeronautics, this mismatch must be small because {FEM}s are a funda…

eess.SY2024★ 7 cited

NExT-LF: A Novel Operational Modal Analysis Method via Tangential Interpolation

Gabriele Dessena, Marco Civera, Ali Yousefi +1

Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) is vital for identifying modal parameters under real-world conditions, yet existing methods often face challenges with noise sensitivity and stabil…

eess.SY2024★ 3 cited

Multiple input tangential interpolation-driven damage detection of a jet trainer aircraft

Gabriele Dessena, Marco Civera, Andrés Marcos +2

The problem of damage detection and identification is of interest for many aerospace and aeronautical engineering systems. However, relevant literature mostly focuses on subsystems…

eess.SY2024★ 12 cited

Improved Tangential Interpolation-based Multi-input Multi-output Modal Analysis of a Full Aircraft

Gabriele Dessena, Marco Civera

In the field of Structural Dynamics, modal analysis is the foundation of System Identification and vibration-based inspection. However, despite their widespread use, current state-…