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Tapered string

The dynamical matrix would look like:

\begin{eqnarray*} A & = & \left[ \begin{array}{ccccc} \frac{k_11}{m1} & \fr... ...\surd m1 \surd m2} \\ . & . & . & . & . \end{array} \right] \end{eqnarray*}



Figure: A tapered string with a constant mass increment running to the right.
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Figure: A tapered string with a constant mass increment running to the right.
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Pedro Hernandez 2004-02-28