This document summarizes modal analysis and rotor vibration concepts. It discusses:
1) Types of vibration including transitional, torsional, axial, and lateral vibrations.
2) Modal analysis concepts such as eigenvalue, eigenvector, mode shape, mass and stiffness matrices, and their use in determining vibration characteristics like natural frequency and critical speed.
3) How to model rotor systems using finite element analysis including node definitions, element connections, and defining mass and stiffness matrices.
4) Application of modal analysis to an industrial rotor system with examples of calculated natural frequencies and critical speeds.
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