Operating deflection shape

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Operating deflection shape (ODS), is a term often used in the structural vibration analysis, known as ODS analysis. ODS analysis is a method used for visualisation of the vibration pattern of a machine or structure as influenced by its own operating forces. This is as opposed to the study of the vibration pattern of a machine under an (known) external force analysis, which is called modal analysis.[1]

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  1. ^ "The use of Operating Deflection Shapes (ODS) to model the vibration of sanders and polishers" (PDF). Retrieved May 18, 2012.