Research Article

Application of the Characteristic Time Expansion Method for Estimating Nonlinear Restoring Forces

Figure 18

For Example 5, (a) comparing estimated and exact restoring forces, (b) displaying the estimation error of restoring force with , and (c) displaying the estimation error of restoring force with .
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