Statics deals with objects at rest under the influence of forces while dynamics considers objects in motion and the forces that cause motion such as vibration. Dynamics problems examine how applied forces affect an object's motion over time and consider concepts such as damping which refers to how vibration decreases in amplitude. The number of degrees of freedom refers to the number of independent displacements needed to define the position of all masses in a dynamic system.
Statics deals with objects at rest under the influence of forces while dynamics considers objects in motion and the forces that cause motion such as vibration. Dynamics problems examine how applied forces affect an object's motion over time and consider concepts such as damping which refers to how vibration decreases in amplitude. The number of degrees of freedom refers to the number of independent displacements needed to define the position of all masses in a dynamic system.
Statics deals with objects at rest under the influence of forces while dynamics considers objects in motion and the forces that cause motion such as vibration. Dynamics problems examine how applied forces affect an object's motion over time and consider concepts such as damping which refers to how vibration decreases in amplitude. The number of degrees of freedom refers to the number of independent displacements needed to define the position of all masses in a dynamic system.
The process by which vibration steadily diminishes in amplitude is called damping
The number of independent displacements required to define
the displaced positions of all the masses relative to their original position is called the number of degrees of freedom (DOFs) for dynamic analysis. Force-displacement relationship