SUMMARYA method for determining mass and stiffness modifications to achieve desired natural frequencies is presented. The given data are modal testing results, which consist of a truncated set of natural frequencies and mode shapes. The difficulty arising from the incompleteness of data is overcome by solving an optimization problem rather than seeking an exact solution. The obtained modifications are optimal in a Rayleigh-Ritz sense. The case where the mass and stiffness matrices are interrelated is also considered. Numerical examples demonstrating the various results and the sensitivity of the problem to perturbations are presented.

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The problem of determining the masses of a mass-spring system is an inverse multiplicative eigenvalue problem. Generally, the solutions of this problem are not yet fully characterised. Since all known methods of solution follow an iterative approach, the possibility of developing a closed-form algorithm is examined. Although such method is found for the two and three degree-of-freedom systems, it appears to be impractical for higher order systems. Two well known existing algorithms are then examined numerically. Both converge locally at a quadratic rate. However, for practical applications, a globally converging algorithm may be more effective. In this paper a new, linearly converging algorithm is advised. The three methods are then tested on some selected numerical examples, and their performances compared.

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