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15-Moonstone
December 22, 2014
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Parameters of a Damped Oscillator

  • December 22, 2014
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I want to estimate the parameters for a damped oscillator from an observed output (assuming the system acts like a damped oscillator). The attached evaluates the solution for a damped oscillator with zero initial conditions and a forcing function that ramps up to a unit value then ramps down to zero. And gives an example for assumed damping, etc. But I am interested in the inverse problem: Given only the output, how can I estimate or infer the parameters of the oscillator knowing only that the forcing function is as given? Can someone put me on to a systematic way to do this?

Best answer by Fred_Kohlhepp

Can't find the one I built before.

Here's one from your example

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23-Emerald I
December 22, 2014

There is a way to estimate damping from measured data, the "log decrement" method.

I've got a sheet somewhere . . .

15-Moonstone
December 24, 2014

Somewhere in the cobwebs of my mind, this rings a bell. If you manage to turn up a sheet that would be great!

23-Emerald I
December 25, 2014

Can't find the one I built before.

Here's one from your example