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Dearall,
Iamreletivlynewtovibrationalanalysisandamtryingtoworkthroughsomeofthebasics.
Ihavebeendoingsomebasicmodalanalysissofarsuccessfullyandamnowabouttoembarkondynamicrandomanalysis.Ihavebeentoldbymycolleguestolookoutformassparticipation
factorsinmyresults andthattheyhavetobeabove80%,butsofarnobodyhasbeenabletotellmewhattheyareorwhattheysignifynotinawaythatIcanunderstandanyway!!
Socansomeonepleasetellmewhatisandwhatthesignificanceofamassparticipationfactoris.
Ifinditdifficultto'godo'withoutunderstanding.
Regards
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AsfarasIknow,amassparticipationfactorgivesarepresentationofhowmuchofthepartiscontributingtotheeigenmode,orinotherterms,howmuchvibrationalenergyisdissipated
throughtheeigenmode.Theinfinitesumofthem.p.factorsisequalto1ortoanothernormalizationquantity(e.g.totalmassofthevibratingsystem).Thesignificanteigenmodesarethosefor
whichthesumofm.p.factorsisatleastacertainpercentageofthenorm(e.g.0.9ifthenormisunity,90%oftotalmassifthenormisthetotalmass,...)
Mechwitch,
clocheiscorrectfromwhatIunderstand.Iwouldsuggestthatyoupostthisinthe"FiniteElementAnalysisEngineering"forum.Iknowsomeonetherecanadviseyou.Themassparticipation
factorsareusedtodistinguishbetween"local"and"global"eigenvalues.Iworkwithalotofstructuralsteelskidsandwegetalotoflocalmodalfrequenciesforstiffenerplates.Theonlyway
tosorttheseoutistousemassparticipation.Therealtrickistofigureoutwhat%=Global...
Hopethishelps.
ChrisFoley
Midland,TX
Thethreshold%dependsonthetypeofanalysisyouareperforming,butprincipallyonthestructuretype:ifit'sasingle bulkcomponent,oramultilinkedstructure,or...AsChrissays,it'sa
bitaproblemtoestimatethecorrect%wheretosetthethreshold.
Thecompleteexplanationofm.p.f.andrelatedmattersissomewhatcomplex,butforsureyoucanfindplentyofgoodbooks (e.g."TheVibrationAnalysisHandbook","TheoryofVibration
withApplications","MachineryVibrationsMeasurementandAnalysis"...)thatwillclarifythis.
Imyselfwillbuysomeofthesetobetterunderstandallimplicationsofthis(andother...)matter(s)...
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Claudio
Insimpletermsthe(mass)participationfactorsquaredgivesyoutheeffectivemodalmassforthatmodeforyourstructure.Noticewhenyouseethesefactorsthattheyareassociatedwitha
"direction"(X,Y,Z,etc..).Thinkofitlikethis:thereisasimplepointmassona(massless)spring,and1DOFinthesystemonly.Dynamicallyloaded,thepointmassisallowedtobounce
happilyupanddownonthespringinonedirection,hencethewholeofthemass(intheory)isparticipatinginthebouncinginthatdirection.Thesquarerootinthiscaseofthepointmassis
theparticipationfactor,sincethewholeofthemassisparticipatinginthemode.
Dependingonwhatyou'relookingataswell(thetypeofstructure,thecodeyou'reusing,etc.),I'dalwaysgowith90%effectivesystemmassandabovetomakesureyou'vecapturedthe
responseofthesystem.
Cheers,
drej
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Iagreewithdrejasregardsthe%thresholdofmpf.
Infact,Icanfigureoutonlyoneexceptiontothis:whenyoudoanalyticalinterpolationsbasedoneigengrequenciesinordertocalculate"bestfit"RayleighdampingcoefficientsAlphaandBEta
thatwouldrespectanimposedstructureresponsedampingfactor:inthiscaseitisusualywantedtotakeintoaccountalleigenfrequencieswhosesumofmpfgivesatleast99%.
Asanaside,Ihavepostedapaperonmodalmassandparticipationfactorsat:
http://www.vibrationdata.com/tutorials2/ModalMass.pdf
TomIrvine
www.vibrationdata.com
Welldone,TomIrvine!
Iremembernowhavingalreadyread(perhapsinanotherlife,Idon'tremember... )somethingverysimilar:probablyitwasyourRevisionAofthesamedocument.
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