In practice, it is often difficult to determine the logarithmic decrement of a system with light damping

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In practice, it is often difficult to determine the logarithmic decrement of a system with light damping defined in Prob. 19.128 by measuring two successive maximum displacements. Show that the logarithmic decrement can also be expressed pressed as (1/k) In (xn/xn + k), where k is the number of cycles between readings of the maximum displacement.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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