MODULE 5: Vibration of Continuous Systems

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Comparison:
0 ⎤MDOF ⎡ k +vs
k Continuous
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ed in modal analysis. The following summarizes the procedure of modal analysis

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ng the matrix transformation S. This is followed by an example that re-solves
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analysis and the matrix of mode shapes S.

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