Selectively Tuning Frequency Modes Of A Structure
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJames A. Cooke, Kenton C. Green, Michael S. Green, Matthew L. Nickerson
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Abstract
Selectively tuning frequency modes of a structure, including: identifying, by a finite element analysis module, a plurality of frequency modes of the structure; and selectively altering, by the finite element analysis module, a target frequency mode a greater amount than the other frequency modes of the structure, including modifying a local attribute of a portion of the structure associated with the target frequency mode without modifying the attribute over the entire structure.
Claims15
1-6. (canceled)
An apparatus for selectively tuning frequency modes of a structure, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
- identifying, by a finite element analysis module, a plurality of frequency modes of the structure;
- and
- selectively altering, by the finite element analysis module, a target frequency mode a greater amount than the other frequency modes of the structure, including modifying a local attribute of a portion of the structure associated with the target frequency mode without modifying the attribute over the entire structure.
A computer program product for selectively tuning frequency modes of a structure, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
- identifying, by a finite element analysis module, a plurality of frequency modes of the structure;
- and
- selectively altering, by the finite element analysis module, a target frequency mode a greater amount than the other frequency modes of the structure, including modifying a local attribute of a portion of the structure associated with the target frequency mode without modifying the attribute over the entire structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.