Module 7 : Design of Machine Foundations
Lecture 31 : Basics of soil dynamics [ Section 31.2 : Different modes of vibration; Undamped ]
   
 

substituting in equation (3),
x(t) = R cos cos t + R sin sin t

= R cos ( t – )
where, and

 
 
Fig. 8.7 Displacement (x(t)) vs time (t)
 


Which is independent of the initial conditions, it is called as Natural frequency of the system.
is the natural period of the system.

   
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