Criticality of damping in multi-degree-of-freedom systems

The concept of criticality in multi-degree-of-freedom systems is discussed. Sufficient conditions for overdamping, critical damping, and underdamping are derived in terms of the matrices appearing in the modal coordinates. It is noted that results available in the literature for the case of overdamp...

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Main Author: Bhaskar, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1997.
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