American Journal of Botany, Vol. 91, No. 6 (Jun., 2004), pp. 789-796 (8 pages) The slender upright culms of the giant reed (Arundo donax L.) are often exposed to dynamic wind loads causing significant ...
Shown below are three time histories for the free response of a single-DOF system with zero initial stretch in the spring and an initial velocity downward. These time histories correspond to damping ...