Response Bounds for Linear Damped Systems

Abstract

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.