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Impulsive and Indicial Admittances of Simple Dynamical Chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

W. J. Duncan*
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

The responses of systems, whose equations of motion are linear, to arbitrary applied forces are conveniently calculable by the use of impulsive or indicial admittances. Expressions for these admittances are here given explicity for some simple dynamical chains and the procedure for their calculation in chains with more degrees of freedom is outlined. Some general characteristics of the dynamical chains are also examined.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1958

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