Assessing how changes to a structure can create gaps in the natural frequency spectrum

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 614-635

  Lawther, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bracing; Eigenvalue; Flexibility; Spectral gap; Stiffness; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; VISUALIZATION;

BRACING; FLEXIBILITY; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL GAP;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750958699     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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