Research Article

Frequency Response of an Impacting Lap Joint

Table 4

The first three natural frequencies in rad/sec for two values of .

States 5 (“soft” contact) 5000 (“hard” contact)
Active springs

1 No contact 41.5 260.4 729.1 41.5 260.4 729.1
2 & 4 or 94.4 277.4 734.92 182.0 588.4 1223.1
3 & 5 or 51.3 268.5 729.0 116.1 728.7 999.0
6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & or & or & or & 101.6 284.2 734.9 538.6 909.0 1925.4