Sunday 15 April 2012

FEA Solver background of Modal analysis


The equilibrium equation for a structure performing free vibration appears as the eigenvalue problem:

     [K-λM]x = 0
where K is the stiffness matrix of the structure and M is the mass matrix.  Damping is neglected.  The solution of the eigenvalue problem yields n eigenvalues λ, where n is the number of degrees of freedom.  The vector x is the eigenvector corresponding to the eigenvalue.
The eigenvalue problem is solved using a matrix method called the Lanczos method.  Not all eigenvalues are required -- only a small number of the lowest eigenvalues are normally calculated.

The natural frequency fi follows directly from the eigenvalue λ.

 
In NASTRAN solver, in order to run a normal modes analysis, an EIGRL bulk data entry needs to be given because it defines the number of modes to be extracted.  The EIGRL card needs to be referenced by a METHOD statement in a SUBCASE in the subcase information section.

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