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H. Ecker:
"Test facility design for experimental studies of parametrically excited vibrations";
Talk: Dynamics of Machines 2008, Prag; 2008-02-05 - 2008-02-06; in: "Proceedings Dynamics of Machines 2008", L. Pesek (ed.); Institute of Thermomechanics, ASCR, Prague (2008), ISBN: 978-80-87012-10-9; 31 - 38.

Mechanical systems with parametric excitation have been investigated more frequently during the last years. New findings on the system behavior when excited at a parametric combination resonance frequency have triggered this increasing interest in such systems. Almost all studies, however, have been carried out analytically or numerically, so that there is a need for experimental work to prove the theoretical results. Partly the reason for this lack of experimental studies is found in several design problems that one faces when this task is tackled. In this contribution, a review of test facilities known from the literature is presented. Typical solutions suitable for experimental work and recent developments are discussed.