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The Rates of Change of the Eigenvalues of a Lambda Matrix and their Use in Flutter Investigations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. L. Woodcock*
Affiliation:
Structures Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough

Extract

Consider a lambda matrix F(ƛ, δ). This may, for example, result from the equation of motion of a dynamical system, δ being a measure of the magnitude of some possible modification to the system or some other variable parameter. Let λ be an eigenvalue and p’ and q the corresponding left hand and right hand eigenvectors. Then

One wishes to determine the derivatives of ƛ with respect to δ. Expressions for the first two derivatives will be obtained on the assumptions that F is simply degenerate and that ƛ is not a repeated root.

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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