ABSTRACT
It was shown in Chapter 3 that the determination of the dynamic response of multidegree of freedom systems requires the solution of simultaneous linear differential equations expressed in matrix form as
M X"(t) + CX'(t) + KX(t) = F(t) (11.1) The damping matrix is generally assumed to follow Rayleigh damping given by
C = aM+pK (11.2) where a and p are constants.
