Modal Analysis Computations

MATLAB Computations

>> k1 = 107385.4709

k1 =

1.0739e+005

>> k2 = 429541.8836

k2 =

4.2954e+005

>> k3 = 425689.1969

k3 =

4.2569e+005

>> m1 = 416571.3849

m1 =

4.1657e+005

>> m2 = 395419.743

m2 =

3.9542e+005

>> m3 = 158310.6261

m3 =

1.5831e+005

>> K = [k1+k2,-k2,0;-k2,k2+k3,-k3;0,-k3,k3]
K=

1.0e+005 *

5.3693 -4.2954 0

-4.2954 8.5523 -4.2569

0 -4.2569 4.2569

>> M = [m1,0,0;0,m2,0;0,0,m3]

M=

1.0e+005 *

4.1657 0 0

0 3.9542 0

0 0 1.5831

>> [V,D] = eig(K,M)

V=

-0.0009 -0.0012 0.0004

-0.0011 0.0005 -0.0011

-0.0011 0.0014 0.0018

D=

0.1012 0 0

0 1.7253 0

0 0 4.3142
 Manual computations

From matrix D (eigenvalue matrix),

12 = 0.1012 => 1 = 0.3181

22 = 1.7253 => 2 = 1.3135

32 = 4.3142 => 3 = 2.0771

From matrix V (modal matrix),

11 = - 0.0009

12 = - 0.0012

13 = 0.0004

21 = - 0.0011

22 = 0.0005

23 = - 0.0011

31 = -0.0011

32 = 0.0014

33 = 0.0018

-Computing for the frequencies:

1 0.3181
1 = = = 0.0506
2 2
2 1.3135
2 = = = 0.2091
2 2
3 2.0771
3 = = = 0.3306
2 2
MODAL SHAPES

At 1 = 0.0506 ,
At 2 = 0.2091 ,
At 3 = 0.3306 ,