Identification of non-linear hysteretic systems with slip

In view of the problems that the models of non-linear hysteretic systems with slip are complex and the number of parameters in them is large, a three-stage iterative procedure is proposed for the parametric identification of a smoothed hysteretic model with slip proposed by Baber and Noori. The results of simulations show that the proposed approach has the advantages that the convergence is easy and rapid. It is ideally suited for the identification of non-linear hysteretic systems with slip typically encountered in the applied mechanics field. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.