ABSTRACT

CHAPTER6 Structural Response to Excitation; Single DOF This chapter shows us the power of a very simple structural model, the single-dof resonator. The mass sitting on a spring is the introductory topic in books on dynamics and vibrations. And yet, it pervades ideas and applications in both structural response and sound radiation in very practical ways. Here we use the model to understand vibration isolation concepts and the dynamics of some complicated structures.