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Determination of eigenvalues of large structural systems in an arbitrarily specified range
Author(s) -
Kaul Maharaj K.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.1620110508
Subject(s) - eigenvalues and eigenvectors , mathematics , monotonic function , range (aeronautics) , computation , convergence (economics) , polynomial , mathematical analysis , interpolation (computer graphics) , algorithm , computer science , engineering , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics , frame (networking) , economic growth , economics , aerospace engineering
Abstract For a large structural system of small bandwidth a technique combining linear interpolation on the characteristic polynomial and suppression of its previously determined roots by deflation can be used to determine its eigenvalues. The eigenvalues, however, have to be found in order, beginning from either the lowest (or the highest) to obtain monotonic convergence to the polynomial roots. A method which eliminates this restriction is presented in this paper. If eigenvalues greater than a are desired, the method, in essence, consists of modifying the deflation procedure to suppress all the eigenvalues smaller than a without actually determining them. Some consequences of the procedure developed in this paper are also presented and it is shown that the standard deflation technique is a special case of this procedure. The method has been applied to a wide range of problems with success and considerable saving in computation time.