Modal Analysis

The modal dynamic analysis is concerned with the calculation of the natural frequencies and the mode shapes of the structure. As in the static analysis a stiffness matrix can be constructed, but in a modal dynamic analysis a mass matrix is also constructed. The free vibration of the model is then given by

The natural frequencies are then given when

The eigenvalue problem is then

Or across multiple eigenvalues

where are the eigenpairs – eigenvalues (the diagonal terms are the square of the free vibration frequencies) and the eigenvectors (the columns are the mode shapes) respectively.