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On Uncoupling and Solving the Equations of Motion of Vibrating Linear Discrete Systems

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In this paper, the authors search for another coordinate system in the neighborhood of the normal coordinate system so that in the new coordinate system removal of the coupling terms in the equations of motion produces a minimum bound on the relative error introduced in the approximate solution.
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The method in effect searches for another coordinate system in the neighborhood of the normal coordinate system so that in the new coordinate system removal of the coupling terms in the equations of motion produces a minimum bound on the relative error introduced in the approximate solution

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Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models: Analysis

TL;DR: In the majority of practical cases this approach is adopted more for mathematical convenience than for modeling the physics of vibration damping as mentioned in this paper, and it has become standard practice to use this approach in dynamics, covering a wide range of applications from aerospace to civil engineering.
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The decoupling of damped linear systems in free or forced vibration

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extend classical modal analysis to decouple any viscously damped linear system in non-oscillatory free vibration or in forced vibration, based upon an exposition of how exponential decay in a system can be regarded as imaginary oscillations, the concept of damped modes of imaginary vibration is introduced.
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Co-ordinate transformations for second order systems. part i: general transformations

TL;DR: It is presented a forceful case that this structure-preserving transformation should be considered to be the fundamental definition for the characteristic behaviour of general second order systems—in preference to the eigenvalue–eigenvector solutions conventionally accepted.
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The decoupling of damped linear systems in oscillatory free vibration

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extend classical modal analysis to decouple any viscously damped linear system in oscillatory free vibration, based upon an exposition of how viscous damping causes phase drifts in the components of a linear system, the concept of non-classically damped modes of vibration is introduced.
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