A new measure of efficiency for model reduction: Application to a vibroimpact system

The aim of this paper is to propose a new way to measure the efficiency of the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) to construct a reduced-order model in Structural Dynamics. It investigates the efficiency of three reduced-order models for a vibroimpact problem: (1) PODdir-basis, which is the basis constructed using the direct method of the proper orthogonal decomposition; (2) PODsnap-basis, which is the basis constructed using the snapshot method of the POD; and (3) LIN-basis, which is the basis composed by the normal modes of the associated linear (LIN) conservative system. The efficiency is measured in terms of (1) number of elements to represent the dynamics with a given precision and (2) computational cost to simulate the time response within a given precision.