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Duhamel Integral — SDOF General Loading

u(t) = 1/(mωd) · ∫₀ᵗ F(τ)·e^(−ζωn(t−τ))·sin[ωd(t−τ)]dτ · Numerical evaluation · Comparison with Newmark-β · Chopra §4.1

System

Results

ωn (rad/s)
Tn (s)
ζ
|u|_max (m) — Duhamel
|u|_max — Newmark-β
Agreement

References

Chopra §4.1u(t)=1/(mωd)·∫F(τ)·e^(−ζωn(t−τ))·sin[ωd(t−τ)]dτ
Chopra §5.2Newmark β=¼ γ=½ used for comparison

Duhamel vs Newmark