modal scale factor MSF

Definition

least squares difference of two mode shapes, where one mode shape is projected on the other and scaled to the length of the latter

Notes

  • NOTE The modal scale factor is given as where and are the two mode shapes [W] is a weighting matrix (most often the unity matrix).
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