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Dynamic Analysis FEM

Dynamic analysis examines how structures respond to dynamic loads that are suddenly applied or variable over time. There are three main types: modal analysis determines natural frequencies and mode shapes, harmonic analysis models forced responses to sinusoidal loads, and transient analysis handles non-harmonic loads like impacts. Free vibration occurs when an elastic body is deformed and released, causing it to oscillate at its natural frequency and amplitude around the equilibrium position. The finite element method uses Lagrange's equations and Hamilton's principle to derive the equations of motion, with the kinetic energy and potential energy defined by the Lagrangean. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are then evaluated from the characteristic polynomial of the system matrix to analyze free vibrations.

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Dynamic Analysis FEM

Dynamic analysis examines how structures respond to dynamic loads that are suddenly applied or variable over time. There are three main types: modal analysis determines natural frequencies and mode shapes, harmonic analysis models forced responses to sinusoidal loads, and transient analysis handles non-harmonic loads like impacts. Free vibration occurs when an elastic body is deformed and released, causing it to oscillate at its natural frequency and amplitude around the equilibrium position. The finite element method uses Lagrange's equations and Hamilton's principle to derive the equations of motion, with the kinetic energy and potential energy defined by the Lagrangean. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are then evaluated from the characteristic polynomial of the system matrix to analyze free vibrations.

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FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

UNIT 5
Dynamic Analysis
Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors
Dynamic analysis
• Modal analysis - Natural frequency and mode
shapes
• Harmonic analysis - Forced response of system
to a sinusoidal forcing
• Transient analysis - Forced response for non-
harmonic loads (impact, step or ramp forcing
etc.)
What is Dynamic Analysis?
• Static analysis: Static analysis holds when the
loads are slowly applied.
• Dynamic analysis: When the loads are suddenly
applied, or when the loads are of a variable
nature, the mass and acceleration effects come
into the picture.
Free Vibration: If a solid body, such as an engineering
structure, is deformed elastically and suddenly
released, it tends to vibrate about its equilibrium
position. This periodic motion due to the restoring
strain energy is called free vibration.
Frequency: The number of cycles per unit time is called
frequency.
Amplitude: The maximum displacement from the
equilibrium position is the amplitude.
FORMULATION
We define the Lagrangean by
L = T -П
where T is the kinetic energy and П is the
potential energy.
Hamilton’s principle
Using L = T – П, we obtain the equations of motion
Using the Lagrangean L = T – П, we obtain the equation of motion:

For free vibrations the force F is zero. Thus,


For the steady-state conditions, starting from the equilibrium state, we
get
Eigenvalue-Eigenvector Evaluation

(K – λM)U = 0
If the eigenvector is to be nontrivial, the required condition

Det(K - λM) = 0
This represents the characteristic polynomial in A.

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