NJIT eTD: The New Jersey Institute of Technology's electronic Theses & Dissertations
Title:
Modal analysis of a cantilever plate
Author:
Song, Ohseop
Document Type:
Thesis
Department:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Degree:
Master of Science
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Advisory Committee:
Wilson, Charles E.
Koplik, Bernard
Yu, Yi-Yuan
Thesis Date:
1986, May
Keywords:
Plates, Aluminum
Plates (Engineering) -- Vibration
ANSYS (Computer System)
Availability:
Unrestricted
Abstract:

This thesis discusses the vibration of a thin, flat cantilever aluminum plate. Results are based on both an analytical finite element method using the ANSYS program and an experimental analysis using a digital Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analyzer. The FFT analyzer permits extraction of modal parameters (natural frequency, damping, mode shape) for the plate.

Complete Thesis:
njit-etd1986-004 (67 pages ~ 3,623 KB pdf)
Download by Chapters:
Front Matter (Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents, etc. ~ 9 pages ~ 401 KB pdf)
Chapter I: Introduction (3 pages ~ 183 KB pdf)
Chapter II: Theoretical Analysis (10 pages ~ 690 KB pdf)
Chapter III: ANSYS (11 pages ~ 577 KB pdf)
Chapter IV: Experimental Analysis (19 pages ~ 952 KB pdf)
Chapter VI: Conclusion (2 pages ~ 118 KB pdf)
Appendix 1: Matrix Condensation (3 pages ~ 104 KB pdf)
Bibliography (2 pages ~ 115 KB pdf)
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