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Hi all. I am taking a course in mechanical vibrations.
I know that a mode shape is a pattern specific to a natural frequency of a system.
That maens, the mode shape is determined under the context of free vibration, right?
What kind of information can we obtained from the mode shape?
Is the "mode shape" basically telling us how structure will vibrate, in what pattern, right?
But I am also confused that, will the "mode shape" play any role in forced vibration?
Let's say the structure vibrate in mode shape 1 at natural freqyency 100Hz.
Will the structure vibration with a "similar shape" when it is under forced vibration of frequency, say, 125Hz or 80Hz? I don't know the answer because in my mind, mode shape analysis is only valid for free vibration.
Lastly, in the way can we excite the structure to get different mode shape? Is it firstly by forced vibration at a frequency close to the natural frequency?
Please kindly help.
I know that a mode shape is a pattern specific to a natural frequency of a system.
That maens, the mode shape is determined under the context of free vibration, right?
What kind of information can we obtained from the mode shape?
Is the "mode shape" basically telling us how structure will vibrate, in what pattern, right?
But I am also confused that, will the "mode shape" play any role in forced vibration?
Let's say the structure vibrate in mode shape 1 at natural freqyency 100Hz.
Will the structure vibration with a "similar shape" when it is under forced vibration of frequency, say, 125Hz or 80Hz? I don't know the answer because in my mind, mode shape analysis is only valid for free vibration.
Lastly, in the way can we excite the structure to get different mode shape? Is it firstly by forced vibration at a frequency close to the natural frequency?
Please kindly help.