Operating deflection shape (ODS), is a term often used in the structural vibration analysis, known as ODS analysis.
ODS analysis is a method used for visualisation of the vibration pattern of a machine or structure as influenced by its own operating forces.
This is as opposed to the study of the vibration pattern of a machine under an (known) external force analysis, which is called modal analysis.
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