This paper presents the complex modal analysis for a proportionally damped structure equipped with linear non-proportionally damped viscous elements (substructures or discrete real devices) giving a low-rank contribution (r) to the non-proportional part of the damping matrix. Using the classical undamped modes and a special low-rank matrix update formulation of the original problem, the original Quadratic Eigenproblem (QEP) is hugely deflated, without approximations, to an equivalent Rational Eigenproblem (REP) of dimension r << n (Theorem 2), as an alternative to the linearized Standard Eigenproblem of order 2n over the complex field. The existence of classical modes in non-classically damped structures is also discussed. The REP is solved by the homotopy method: a robust predictor-corrector continuation algorithm is designed in order to determine the required eigenpairs. Some application to simple models of both traditional and base-isolated structures, together with an outline of future work, end the paper.
Exact deflation in the complex modal analysis of low-rank nonclassically damped structures / Mentrasti, Lando. - In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES. - ISSN 0141-0296. - STAMPA. - 45:(2012), pp. 496-508. [10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.06.023]
Exact deflation in the complex modal analysis of low-rank nonclassically damped structures
MENTRASTI, LANDO
2012-01-01
Abstract
This paper presents the complex modal analysis for a proportionally damped structure equipped with linear non-proportionally damped viscous elements (substructures or discrete real devices) giving a low-rank contribution (r) to the non-proportional part of the damping matrix. Using the classical undamped modes and a special low-rank matrix update formulation of the original problem, the original Quadratic Eigenproblem (QEP) is hugely deflated, without approximations, to an equivalent Rational Eigenproblem (REP) of dimension r << n (Theorem 2), as an alternative to the linearized Standard Eigenproblem of order 2n over the complex field. The existence of classical modes in non-classically damped structures is also discussed. The REP is solved by the homotopy method: a robust predictor-corrector continuation algorithm is designed in order to determine the required eigenpairs. Some application to simple models of both traditional and base-isolated structures, together with an outline of future work, end the paper.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.