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Author Tzou, H. S. (Horn S.)

Title Dynamics and Control of Distributed Systems
Published Cambridge, GBR : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 On the Transient Response of Distributed Structures Interacting with Discrete Components ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Free and Forced Response of a Time-Varying, Cable Transport System ; 1.2.1 Model and Equations of Motion ; 1.2.2 Integral Formulation
1.2.2.1 Delay-integral Equation of Volterra Type 1.2.2.2 Discontinuity in p(t) and r(t) ; 1.2.2.3 Delay-integro-differential Equation ; 1.2.2 4 Wave-payload Interaction; 1.2.3 Numerical Solution ; 1.2.4 Examples and Discussion ; 1.3 Transient and Steady-State Response of Constrained Translating String
1.3.1 Model and Equations of Motion 1.3.2 Transient Response ; 1.3.2.1 Method of Analysis ; 1.3.2.2 Numerical Solution ; 1.3.3 Free and Steady Harmonic Forced Response ; 1.3.3.1 Natural Frequencies and Modes ; 1.3.3.2 Steady Harmonic Forced Response ; 1.3.4 Examples and Discussion
1.4 Piano String Response Under a Hammer Strike 1.4.1 Theoretical Formulation ; 1.4.1.1 Hard Hammer ; 1.4.1.2 Linear Soft Hammer ; 1.4.1.3 Nonlinear S oft Hammer ; 1.4.1.4 Multiple Contacts ; 1.4.2 Numerical Solution ; 1.4.3 Examples and Discussion ; 1.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgment References ; Nomenclature ; Appendix A: Discontinuity in the Interaction Force in Constrained Stationary Strings ; Appendix B: Proof of the Theorem of Recontact in Section 1.4.1.4 ; 2 On the Problem of a Distributed Parameter System Carrying a Moving Oscillator
Notes 2.1 Introduction
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Author Bergman, Lawrence A.
ISBN 0511530188
9780511530180