Abstract
Estimation of instantaneous damping and frequencies by the wavelet transform is based on the ridge identification and the phase extraction in the time-frequency map. Time-varying parameters due to nonlinearities are also estimated by this technique. However, the process of the ridge identification is complicated, and the most suitable mother wavelet to yield a time-frequency map for an efficient identification can not be determinately chosen. There are some problems in easiness to operate the technique. In this paper, The time-varying parameters pertaining to nonlinearities are successfully estimated by the segmental harmonic wavelet transform. It is possible to identify parameters pertaining to nonlinearities qualitatively and quantitatively by the segmental harmonic wavelet transform.
