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The Normal Mode Method

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics ((SSSSM,volume 2))

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In Chapter 4 we developed the equilibrium condition

M.r̈(t)+C.ṙ(t)+K.r(t)=R(t)

for a general discrete system with a chosen set of degrees of freedom r = [r 1...r p ...r Nr ]T and subject to a corresponding set of external loads R = [R 1...R p ...R Nr ]T.

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Strømmen, E.N. (2014). The Normal Mode Method. In: Structural Dynamics. Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01802-7_5

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