简介：Athird-ordercorrectionwasrecentlysuggestedtoimprovetheaccuracyofthehalf-powerbandwidthmethodinestimatingthedampingofsingleDOFsystems.Thispaperanalyzestheaccuracyofthehalf-powerbandwidthmethodwiththethird-ordercorrectionindampingestimationformulti-DOFlinearsystems.Dampingratiosinatwo-DOFlinearsystemareestimatedusingitsdisplacementandaccelerationfrequencyresponsecurves,respectively.Awiderangeofimportantparametersthatcharacterizetheshapeoftheseresponsecurvesaretakenintoaccount.Resultsshowthatthethird-ordercorrectionmaygreatlyimprovetheaccuracyofthehalf-powerbandwidthmethodinestimatingdampinginatwo-DOFsystem.Inspiteofthis,thehalf-powerbandwidthmethodmaysignificantlyoverestimatethedampingratiosoftwo-DOFsystemsinsomecases.