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Calculating decay rates for modes of a circular membrane
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[QUOTE="mikejm, post: 6014571, member: 623924"] I am trying to solve for the theoretical relative decay rates of the various (m,n) modes of an ideal circular membrane, if that membrane is excited momentarily by an impulse or deformation. I would ideally like the decays of the (m,n) modes in dB/s. Imagine a simple isolated drum head being struck by a stick. The membrane should be considered fixed with even tension around its perimeter. The excitation impulse/deformation should be at its center or x*radius from its center. Someone on another site said of this problem: [INDENT][I]If the air damps it linearly enough, you can probably solve it analytically. Use plate theory to generate a PDE, then work out all the eigenmodes. [B]The decay rate will be determined by the real components of the eigenvalues[/B], and can be converted into dBs-1 using a few logs.[/I][/INDENT] The wave equation for modes of an ideal circular membrane is given by: [ATTACH=full]227070[/ATTACH] The full wave equations are described/explained further in these documents: [URL]http://www.math.ubc.ca/~nagata/sci1/drum.pdf[/URL] [URL]https://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys406/sp2017/Lecture_Notes/P406POM_Lecture_Notes/P406POM_Lect4_Part2.pdf[/URL] [URL]http://ramanujan.math.trinity.edu/rdaileda/teach/s12/m3357/lectures/lecture_3_29.pdf[/URL] I can use the Bessel zeros to calculate the frequencies of the various (m,n) modes and have done so already. However, I am unsure how to get the decay rates for these modes as he describes. Does the method he suggests make sense? If so, can anyone elaborate further on how I would go about doing this? Or is there a better way? Ideally I'd like an equation I can put in (m,n) for, plus perhaps an arbitrary constant damping coefficient, and get the decay of that mode in dB/s. If the decay rate of any mode might vary depending on the point of excitation, some way to specify for excitation position might be useful. Thanks for any help! [/QUOTE]
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