DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF NONLINEAR CABLE ...

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tems (Moon 1980; Boston 1971; Sanchez and Nayfeh 1990; Abu-Arish and. Nayfeh 1985; Ueda 1985; Parlitz and Lauterborn 1985; Frehlich and Novak.
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR O F NONLINEAR CABLE SYSTEM. I By S. Mesarovic1 and D. A. Gasparini, 2 Member, ASCE ABSTRACT: Equations of motion for a plane, nonlinear prestressed truss are expressed in terms of six generalized coordinates. Three coordinates define a dominant centrally symmetric vibration mode. The dominant coordinate of that mode,