January 2008
Intermediate to advanced
420 pages
10h 52m
English
Contents
It was shown in Chapter 6 that provided the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a system can be found, it is possible to transform the coordinates of the system from local or global coordinates to coordinates consisting of normal or ‘principal’ modes.
Depending on the damping, the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a system can be real or complex, as discussed in Chapter 6. However, real eigenvalues and eigenvectors, derived from ...