Complex Component Modal Synthesis for Damped System Modeling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Real arithmetic-based solutions for computer simulation platforms are inadequate for modeling highly damped systems due to their inability to handle complex vectors with imaginary components, limiting their accuracy in representing systems like damped systems, control systems, and transient responses.

Innovation Solution

A method that transforms complex vectors into real, orthogonal vectors using a transformation circuit, which splits the complex vectors into real and imaginary components, generates an appended matrix, and applies residual vector logic to produce a set of real, orthogonal vectors that can be used in real arithmetic-based solutions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If real vectors are used in real arithmetic-based solutions, then implementation simplicity and efficiency are improved, but accuracy in modeling highly damped systems deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimplementation simplicityVSAvoidmodeling accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The complex vector space is segmented into real and imaginary components. The transformation circuit separates the complex modal analysis problem into real arithmetic operations by decomposing complex vectors into their real and imaginary parts, allowing real arithmetic-based solutions to process previously intractable highly damped systems while maintaining implementation simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A transformation circuit acts as an intermediary between complex vector representations and real arithmetic-based solutions. This intermediary component converts complex modal analysis results into real arithmetic-compatible formats, enabling the use of simple real arithmetic algorithms while accurately representing highly damped systems that require complex vectors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If complex vectors are used to accurately model highly damped systems, then modeling accuracy is improved, but compatibility with real arithmetic-based solutions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodeling accuracyVSAvoidcompatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The mathematical parameters are transformed from complex numbers to real numbers through systematic decomposition. By changing the parameter representation from complex vectors to pairs of real vectors (real and imaginary components), the system maintains modeling accuracy for highly damped systems while becoming compatible with real arithmetic-based solutions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The solution moves from a two-dimensional complex number system to a four-dimensional real vector system (two real vectors representing real and imaginary parts). This dimensional expansion allows real arithmetic-based solutions to capture the full information content of complex vectors, improving compatibility while preserving accuracy for highly damped system modeling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS11321505B1Complex component modal synthesis (CMS) method and modal solutions
Publication Date: 2022.05.03 D&E US PARENT LLC
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AI summary

Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for a computer simulation platform to solve a computer model, including splitting complex vectors generated for the computer model into real components and imaginary components by generating a first matrix corresponding to real components and a second matric corresponding to imaginary components, generating an appended matrix by appending the first matrix to the second matrix, generating a set of real, orthogonal vectors by running the appended matrix through a residual vector logic, and performing a real arithmetic-based computer simulation solution using the set of real, orthogonal vectors.