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64
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17156
World Ranking
539
National Ranking
29

Overview

John E. Mottershead is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers around engineering disciplines with strong emphasis on decision sciences. The subfields of study in which they have made contributions include civil and structural engineering, statistics, probability and uncertainty, control and systems engineering, aerospace engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The main topics addressed in Mottershead's work cover structural health monitoring techniques, probabilistic and robust engineering design, scientific measurement and uncertainty evaluation, control systems and identification, vibration control and rheological fluids, aeroelasticity and vibration control, and infrastructure maintenance and monitoring.

Mottershead has a significant presence in scholarly publication venues with recurrent contributions to Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, where seven publications are recorded. Other publication venues include the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Journal of Sound and Vibration, and the AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum.

Their recent published works demonstrate focus areas such as stochastic model updating, vibration control, and aeroelastic stability. Representative recent papers include:

  • "Stochastic Model Updating with Uncertainty Quantification: An Overview and Tutorial" (2023), Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • "Receptance-based robust eigenstructure assignment" (2020), Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • "Aeroelastic stability analysis using stochastic structural modifications" (2020), Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • "H2-optimal vibration control using receptance-based regional eigenvalue assignment" (2021), Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • "Editorial: Recent advances in stochastic model updating" (2022), Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Frequent collaborators contributing to coauthored work with Mottershead include Sifeng Bi, Sebastiano Fichera, Michael Beer, L.J. Adamson, and Xiaojun Wei.

Throughout their career, Mottershead's research has advanced knowledge in structural health monitoring and robust design under uncertainty, leveraging control engineering and probabilistic methods to support infrastructure maintenance and vibration control strategies.

Best Publications

  • Finite Element Model Updating in Structural Dynamics

    J.E. Mottershead;Michael Friswell

  • Model Updating In Structural Dynamics: A Survey

    J.E. Mottershead;M.I. Friswell

  • The sensitivity method in finite element model updating: A tutorial

    John E. Mottershead;Michael Link;Michael I. Friswell

  • A review of robust optimal design and its application in dynamics

    C. Zang;M. I. Friswell;J. E. Mottershead

  • REGULARISATION METHODS FOR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL UPDATING

    H. Ahmadian;J.E. Mottershead;M.I. Friswell

  • Finite–element model updating using experimental test data: parametrization and regularization

    Michael I. Friswell;John E. Mottershead;Hamid Ahmadian

  • Stochastic model updating: Part 1—theory and simulated example

    C. Mares;J.E. Mottershead;M.I. Friswell

  • Perturbation methods for the estimation of parameter variability in stochastic model updating

    Hamed Haddad Khodaparast;John E. Mottershead;Michael I. Friswell

  • Interval model updating with irreducible uncertainty using the Kriging predictor

    Hamed Haddad Khodaparast;John E. Mottershead;Kenneth J. Badcock

  • Friction-induced parametric resonances in discs: Effect of a negative friction-velocity relationship

    H. Ouyang;J.E. Mottershead;M.P. Cartmell;M.I. Friswell

  • Receptance Method in Active Vibration Control

    Yitshak M. Ram;John E. Mottershead

  • Inverse eigenvalue problems in vibration absorption: Passive modification and active control

    John E. Mottershead;Yitshak M. Ram

  • Finite element models of spot welds in structural dynamics: review and updating

    Matteo Palmonella;Michael I. Friswell;John E. Mottershead;Arthur W. Lees

  • Finite element model updating from full-field vibration measurement using digital image correlation

    Weizhuo Wang;John E. Mottershead;Alexander Ihle;Thorsten Siebert

  • Frequency response functions of shape features from full-field vibration measurements using digital image correlation

    Weizhuo Wang;John E. Mottershead;Thorsten Siebert;Andrea Pipino

  • Geometric Parameters for Finite Element Model Updating of Joints and Constraints

    J.E. Mottershead;M.I. Friswell;G.H.T. Ng;J.A. Brandon

  • Uncertainty identification by the maximum likelihood method

    José R. Fonseca;Michael I. Friswell;John E. Mottershead;Arthur W. Lees

  • Simplified models of bolted joints under harmonic loading

    Matthew Oldfield;Huajiang Ouyang;John E. Mottershead

  • FINITE ELEMENTS FOR DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS OF HELICAL RODS

    John E. Mottershead

  • Experimental and theoretical studies of a bolted joint excited by a torsional dynamic load

    H. Ouyang;M.J. Oldfield;J.E. Mottershead

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael I. Friswell
Michael I. Friswell Swansea University
Huajiang Ouyang
Huajiang Ouyang University of Liverpool
Ken Badcock
Ken Badcock University of Liverpool
Eann A. Patterson
Eann A. Patterson University of Liverpool
Jonathan E. Cooper
Jonathan E. Cooper University of Bristol
Michael Beer
Michael Beer University of Liverpool
Sondipon Adhikari
Sondipon Adhikari University of Glasgow
Ahmed Elsheikh
Ahmed Elsheikh University of Liverpool
Kaiping Yu
Kaiping Yu Harbin Institute of Technology
James M. W. Brownjohn
James M. W. Brownjohn University of Exeter

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