Calculating Required Substructure Damping to Meet Prescribed System Damping Levels

Abstract

Structural synthesis is a method of calculating the transient dynamic response of an assemblage of substructures without explicitly assembling and solving a combined system model. While significant computational advantages are provided by this method, the modal parameters of the combined system are not explicitly calculated. Hence, a method is needed to allow the a priori determination of the substructure damping levels such that the synthesized system damping is within user-prescribed bounds. This thesis focuses on the development of such a method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473426

Entities

People

  • Wendel D. Penetrante

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algebra
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Response
  • Eigenvalues
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Frequency
  • Linear Algebra
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Physical Properties
  • Resonant Frequency

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Systems Analysis and Design