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Document Type
Research
Abstract
A mathematical investigation is made of the feasibility of extracting usable mechano-electric power from a critically damped and randomly excited mechanical oscillator. Two different analytic functions are used to approximate practical squared-velocity spectra for the motion of the vehicle supporting the oscillator, and the corresponding expressions for extractable power are developed. Numerically computed results are presented graphically to illustrate the effects of varying the oscillator parameters.
Publication Date
1960
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
67
Issue
1
First Page
382
Last Page
388
Copyright
©1960 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bolie, Victor W. and Long, Francis M.
(1960)
"A Theoretical Study of a Randomly Excited Mechanical Oscillator,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 67(1), 382-388.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol67/iss1/49