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In Chapter 1, we considered the free vibrations of a two-mass system with three springs of equal stiffness; we found that there were two normal modes of vibration. Such a system could have been viewed as consisting of two separate mass/spring vibrators coupled together by the center spring (see Fig. 1.20). If the coupling spring were made successively weaker, the two modes would become closer and closer in frequency.

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Rossing, T.D., Fletcher, N.H. (2004). Coupled Vibrating Systems. In: Principles of Vibration and Sound. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3822-3_4

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