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In a typical mechanical product such as an automobile or construction machinery, it is important to identify deformation modes, for which experiments and analyses can result in significant improvements. It is also important to consider how to improve the structure with high rigidity by using a technique such as the strain energy method in conventional design and development. However, the abovementioned method often generates conflicting results with regard to weight saving and cost reduction of development requirements. Transfer path analysis (TPA) using the finite element method (FEM) is an effective way to reduce noise and vibration in the automobile with respect to these issues. TPA can reveal the transfer path from the input to the response of the output point and the contribution of the path, and to efficiently consider improved responses.

This paper describes the comparison method of input powers and contribution rates from vibration sources to a small power generator's enclosure represented by a thin-walled plane structure determined by Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) and Transfer Path Analysis (TPA). In the pursuit of efficient ways to analyze the design dynamics of small machines such as a small power generator, it is important to identify information and dynamics of input power sources during machine operation. SEA and TPA are two of the most efficient methods in identifying the dynamics of a structure during machine operation. SEA is used for systems with many resonant modes, and predicted results are based on space averages. On the other hand, TPA is based on estimation of a frequency response function between an excitation point and a response point. In this study, we proposed a method to compare SEA evaluated by power injection method and TPA evaluated by matrix inversion method.