scholarly journals Discussion: “Characteristics of Modal Coupling in Nonclassically Damped Systems Under Harmonic Excitation” (Park, I. W., Kim, J. S., and Ma, F., 1994, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 61, pp. 77–83)

1994 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-747
Author(s):  
S. M. Shahruz
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Excitation ◽  
Modal Coupling ◽  
Damped Systems

Characteristics of Modal Coupling in Nonclassically Damped Systems Under Harmonic Excitation

1994 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. W. Park ◽  
J. S. Kim ◽  
F. Ma
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Excitation ◽  
Frequency Separation ◽  
Diagonal Dominance ◽  
Normal Coordinates ◽  
Damping Matrix ◽  
Damped System ◽  
Natural Modes ◽  
Modal Damping ◽  
Modal Coupling ◽  
Damped Systems

The normal coordinates of a nonclassically damped system are coupled by nonzero off-diagonal elements of the modal damping matrix. The purpose of this paper is to study the characteristics of modal coupling, which is amenable to a complex representation. An analytical formulation is developed to facilitate the evaluation of modal coupling. Contrary to widely accepted beliefs, it is shown that enhancing the diagonal dominance of the modal damping matrix or increasing the frequency separation of the natural modes need not diminish the effect of modal coupling. The effect of modal coupling may even increase. It is demonstrated that, within the practical range of engineering applications, neither diagonal dominance of the modal damping matrix nor frequency separation of the natural modes would be sufficient for neglecting modal coupling.

Approximate Solution of Nonclassically Damped Systems

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ma ◽  
J. H. Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Approximate Solution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Computational Effort ◽  
Frequency Separation ◽  
Common Procedure ◽  
Damping Matrix ◽  
Complex Modes ◽  
Modal Coupling ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Damped Systems

Abstract In analyzing a nonclassically damped linear system, one common procedure is to neglect those damping terms which are nonclassical, and retain the classical ones. This approach is termed the method of approximate decoupling. For large-scale systems, the computational effort at adopting approximate decoupling is at least an order of magnitude smaller than the method of complex modes. In this paper, the error introduced by approximate decoupling is evaluated. A tight error bound, which can be computed with relative ease, is given for this method of approximate solution. The role that modal coupling plays in the control of error is clarified. If the normalized damping matrix is strongly diagonally dominant, it is shown that adequate frequency separation is not necessary to ensure small errors.

Diagonal Dominance and the Decoupling Approximation in Damped Discrete Linear Systems

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Morzfeld ◽  
Nopdanai Ajavakom ◽  
Fai Ma
Keyword(s):  
Diagonal Element ◽  
Diagonal Dominance ◽  
Damping Matrix ◽  
Damped System ◽  
Modal Damping ◽  
Principal Coordinates ◽  
Discrete Linear Systems ◽  
Modal Coupling ◽  
Decoupling Approximation ◽  
Damped Systems

The principal coordinates of a non-classically damped linear system are coupled by nonzero off-diagonal element of the modal damping matrix. In the analysis of non-classically damped systems, a common approximation is to ignore the off-diagonal elements of the modal damping matrix. This procedure is termed the decoupling approximation. It is widely accepted that if the modal damping matrix is diagonally dominant, then errors due to the decoupling approximation must be small. In addition, it is intuitively believed that the more diagonal the modal damping matrix, the less will be the errors in the decoupling approximation. Two quantitative measures are proposed in this paper to measure the degree of being diagonal dominant in modal damping matrices. It is demonstrated that, over a finite range, errors in the decoupling approximation can continuously increase while the modal damping matrix becomes more and more diagonal with its off-diagonal elements decreasing in magnitude continuously. An explanation for this unexpected behavior is presented. Within a practical range of engineering applications, diagonal dominance of the modal damping matrix may not be sufficient for neglecting modal coupling in a damped system.

Response Bounds for Linear Damped Systems

1999 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 997-1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Hu ◽  
P. Eberhard
Keyword(s):  
State Vector ◽  
Displacement Vector ◽  
Harmonic Excitation ◽  
Free Vibrations ◽  
Forced Vibrations ◽  
The State ◽  
Euclidean Norm ◽  
Damped Systems

In this paper response bounds of linear damped systems are reviewed and new response bounds are presented for free vibrations and forced vibrations under impulsive, step, and harmonic excitation. In comparison to the response bounds available in the literature, the ones presented here are not only closer to the exact responses, but are also simpler to compute. Previous bounds are given only on the Euclidean norm of the state vector or the displacement vector. Here, the response bounds are also given on individual coordinates, information which is more meaningful in engineering.

Characterization of Modal Coupling in Nonclassically Damped Systems

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ma ◽  
I. W. Park ◽  
J. S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Computational Effort ◽  
Frequency Separation ◽  
Common Procedure ◽  
Damping Matrix ◽  
Natural Modes ◽  
Modal Damping ◽  
Modal Coupling ◽  
Damped Systems

Abstract A common procedure in the solution of a nonclassically damped linear system is to neglect the off-diagonal elements of the associated damping matrix. For a large-scale system, substantial reduction in computational effort is achieved by this method of decoupling the system. Clearly, the decoupling approximation is valid only if modal coupling can somehow be neglected. The purpose of this paper is to study the characteristics of modal coupling, which is amenable to a complex representation. An analytical formulation that facilitates the evaluation of modal coupling is developed. Contrary to widely accepted beliefs, it is shown that neither frequency separation of the natural modes nor strong diagonal dominance of the modal damping matrix would be sufficient to suppress the sometimes significant effect of modal coupling.

Nonbaseband residual flexibility method of component mode synthesis for proportionally damped systems

AIAA Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1285-1291
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Morgan ◽  
Christophe Pierre ◽  
Gregory M. Hulbert
Keyword(s):  
Component Mode Synthesis ◽  
Damped Systems

scholarly journals Modal coupling and crosstalk due to turbulence and divergence on free space THz links using multiple orbital angular momentum beams

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Zhao ◽  
Runzhou Zhang ◽  
Hao Song ◽  
Kai Pang ◽  
Ahmed Almaiman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Atmospheric Turbulence ◽  
Channel Capacity ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Beam Waist ◽  
Modal Coupling ◽  
Divergence Effect ◽  
Power Leakage ◽  
Calm Weather ◽  
Bad Weather

AbstractOrbital-angular-momentum (OAM) multiplexing has been utilized to increase the channel capacity in both millimeter-wave and optical domains. Terahertz (THz) wireless communication is attracting increasing attention due to its broadband spectral resources. Thus, it might be valuable to explore the system performance of THz OAM links to further increase the channel capacity. In this paper, we study through simulations the fundamental system-degrading effects when using multiple OAM beams in THz communications links under atmospheric turbulence. We simulate and analyze the effects of divergence, turbulence, limited-size aperture, and misalignment on the signal power and crosstalk of THz OAM links. We find through simulations that the system-degrading effects are different in two scenarios with atmosphere turbulence: (a) when we consider the same strength of phasefront distortion, faster divergence (i.e., lower frequency; smaller beam waist) leads to higher power leakage from the transmitted mode to neighbouring modes; and (b) however, when we consider the same atmospheric turbulence, the divergence effect tends to affect the power leakage much less, and the power leakage increases as the frequency, beam waist, or OAM order increases. Simulation results show that: (i) the crosstalk to the neighbouring mode remains < − 15 dB for a 1-km link under calm weather, when we transmit OAM + 4 at 0.5 THz with a beam waist of 1 m; (ii) for the 3-OAM-multiplexed THz links, the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) increases by ~ 5–7 dB if the mode spacing increases by 1, and SIR decreases with the multiplexed mode number; and (iii) limited aperture size and misalignment lead to power leakage to other modes under calm weather, while it tends to be unobtrusive under bad weather.

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