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While
Γ m (
t
)
is oscillatory, it is not periodic because of the decaying amplitude.
Γ m (
t
)
oscillates in time with a fixed damped period T dm given by
π
ω dm .
2
T dm =
(6.229)
Critically-Damped Oscillation
For this case,
ζ m =
1. This requires, by Eq. (6.220),
1
τ T
τ 0
1
±
=
.
ω
(6.230)
m
τ T
Therefore, critically damped oscillation appears only when
0 . When the sys-
tem is in critically damped oscillation, there are two equal numbers
τ
τ
T
λ
1 and
λ
2 .
Therefore,
a m e ω m t
b m t e ω m t
Γ
(
t
)=
+
,
m
which becomes, after determining the integration constants a m and b m by the initial
conditions [Eq. (6.214)],
e ω m t
Γ m (
t
)=
[ φ m +( ψ m + ω m φ m )
t
] .
(6.231)
d 2
d
| Γ m (
t
) |
| Γ m (
t
) |
By letting
=
0 and analyzing the sign of
, Xu and Wang (2002)
d t 2
d t
obtain the maximal value of
| Γ
(
t
) |
m
ψ m + ω m φ m φ
+ ψ
ψ m
m
ω m
e
Max
[ | Γ
(
t
) | ]=
(6.232)
m
m
at
ψ
m
ω m ( ψ m + ω m φ m ) ,
t m =
(6.233)
that is positive if
2
m
ψ
> − ω m φ m ψ m .
This clearly requires that
ψ m =
0. Therefore,
| Γ m (
t
) |
decreases monotonically as t
increases from 0 when
2
m
ψ
≤− ω m φ m ψ m .
This is very similar to the classical heat-conduction equation. When
2
m
ψ
> − ω m φ m ψ m ,
 
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