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It Can Be Shown That . . .

Recalling Equation 3 and Equation 2 of pages Free Vib. Sys. Parameters and Ringing Frequency respectively:

(1")     

and

(2")     .

Rearranging Equation 1" for z yields:

(3")     .

Squaring both sides of Equation 2" and substituting Equation 3" yields:

(4")     .

After algebraic manipulation, the natural frequency is given as a function of the time constant and the ringing frequency by:

(1)     .

Substituting Equation 1 into Equation 3" yields:

(4")     .

Manipulating Equation 4" it is evident that:

(2)     .

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