Mass-spring-damper model

The mass-spring-damper model consists of discrete mass nodes distributed throughout an object and interconnected via a network of springs and dampers.

Packages such as MATLAB may be used to run simulations of such models.

: By rearranging this equation, we can derive the standard form:

The homogeneous equation for the mass spring system is: This has the solution: If

is negative, meaning the square root will be imaginary and therefore the solution will have an oscillatory component.