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Can damping be ignored in transient structural dynamic optimization?

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In this note, we show that for a undamped structure, the solution of transient response sensitivity contains resonant terms that grow with time without bounds. Thus damping cannot be ignored in transient structural dynamic optimization.

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  1. University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19023, Arlington, TX, USA

    B. P. Wang

  2. Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

    Gengdong Cheng

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Wang, B.P., Cheng, G. Can damping be ignored in transient structural dynamic optimization?. Struct Multidisc Optim 54, 197–198 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-015-1392-z

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