Abstract: A simple formula, valid over a wide range of systems, that can easily be used during preliminary design stages to estimate the maximum dynamic response of light equipment in structures subjected to impact or ground shock ...

Abstract: A mesoscale mechanical model of the bending behavior of helically wrapped cables under tension is developed. The model accounts for the nonlinear dissipative behavior of the cable arising from the slippage of wires under ...

Abstract: Perturbation methods are employed to determine the dynamic properties of a combined system composed of a multi‐degree‐of‐freedom structure to which is attached a light, less single‐degree‐of‐freedom equipment item. Closed‐form ...

Abstract: A mode‐superposition method for the evaluation of the dynamic response of light equipment in structures subjected to stochastic excitations is developed. Previously obtained results for modal properties of the combined ...