10 - Duhamel Integral
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Practice Questions
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What does the Duhamel Integral help determine in structural dynamics?
💡 Hint: Reflect on its application in earthquake engineering.
Name one component of the SDOF equation of motion.
💡 Hint: Consider the terms within the equation.
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What is the Duhamel Integral primarily used for?
💡 Hint: Think about its application in structural dynamics.
True or False: Duhamel’s Integral is suitable for nonlinear systems.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when limitations apply to types of systems.
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Calculate the displacement of a system modeled with Duhamel's Integral when subjected to a specific time-varying earthquake acceleration function, given the parameters for mass, stiffness, and damping.
💡 Hint: Review how to implement numerical methods like Simpson's Rule or the Trapezoidal Rule.
Discuss the implication of varying damping ratios on the impulse response output and the overall system behavior during an earthquake.
💡 Hint: Recall the definitions of the damping ratio and its effects on system performance.
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