How Do Initial Conditions Affect Oscillations in a 10 Mass-Spring System?

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Hello!

I've been calculating the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for a 10 mass-spring system. If you are given some initial displacement and velocity conditions, what are the resulting oscillations?

dot or vector product of normal nodes? superposition of normal modes? etc

thanks if anyone can help me out
 
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10? that's enough to notice wave *propagation*, as well as the standing-waves that correspond to the normal modes.
 
yeah but assuming you don't notice propagation. just need to know how you calculate the resulting oscillation

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