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Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Responses In Hollow Rods to a Transient Input

Pernica, Gerald; McNiven, Hugh D.

UCB/SESM-1971/03, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-02, 56 pages

A method is devised for testing a theoretical method (approximate theory and method of characteristics) as a predictor of responses against experimental results for a hollow rod subject to disturbance at one end.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-71-03.pdf (2 MB)