Can anybody give me the physical meaning of 'generalized' and 'effective' mass in a modal analysis? I'm not looking for formulae, only for the meaning of it.
Thanks for your help.
Jan
I’m thinking how to document a finite element analysis in an intelligent way. Intelligent documenting leads to the ability of structurizing all knowledge gained in each analysis and to rerun the analysis later on. Even when the analyst who has done the analysis is already gone for a long time...
