Abstract: A constraint function approach is presented for finding design changes that remove natural frequencies from undesirable frequency bands for lightly damped structures. The technique requires the ...

Abstract: A method is presented to predict the peak deflections and peak transmitted forces of a viscously-damped multi-degree-of-freedom linear vibratory system that experiences time-varying excitations which ...

Abstract: A design technique is presented which modifies system dynamics by simultaneously considering control system gains and structural design parameters. Constraint functions are devised that become ...