Research Article

Robust Assignment of Natural Frequencies and Antiresonances in Vibrating Systems through Dynamic Structural Modification

Table 9

Test-case 2: original and modified systems without and with robustness: percentage variation of the second antiresonance frequency of h12().

Percentual variations (%) [Δm5; Δ ]Original system Δωz,2 (%)Mod. nonrobust (method [22]) Δωz,2 (%)Mod. robust (proposed method) Δωz,2 (%)

[−25; −25]0.04−0.35−0.27
[+25; −25]−9.24−7.35−5.76
[−25; +25]6.214.683.77
[+25; +25]−0.030.300.24
max (Δωz,2(%))6.214.683.77
min (Δωz,2(%))−9.24−7.35−5.76