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The Random Vibration Response of a System Having Many Degrees of Freedom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. D. Robson*
Affiliation:
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow)*
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Summary

The paper treats the general problem of the response to multiple random excitation of a system having n degrees of freedom. Analysis is developed which connects the spectral density matrix of a set of generalised coordinates with that of corresponding generalised forces, and makes explicit the contributions of the various normal modes. The case of two degrees of freedom is considered in detail. The importance of cross-correlations between modes is shown by determining their effects on spectra and on mean-square response.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1966

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