DIGITAL SIMULATION OF RANDOM VIBRATIONS.

Abstract

A physically realizable stationary, Gaussian, random load is simulated digitally and employed as the forcing function in the equation of motion of a damped, elastic beam whose resistance to deformation is due to bending and stretching. The power residue method for generating pseudo-random numbers is employed in the technique presented for constructing the random function, whose statistical properties correspond closely to those of pressure signals measured in the noise field of a turbulent, subsonic air jet. The nonlinear equation of motion is solved in finite-difference form with a forcing function representing a time-random concentrated load applied transversely at midspan. From numerical solutions, statistical measures of response at midspan and at the quarter points of the beam are computed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0469187

Entities

People

  • Donald J. Belz

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Waves
  • Motion
  • Random Vibration
  • Resistance
  • Simulations
  • Stationary
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.