Discretization-based analysis of structural electrodynamics

This paper experimentally confirms the fundamental dynamic properties of an electrodynamic structure. The discretization effects are examined for the conversion of continuous properties such as mass, stiffness and surface charge into discrete quantities. In the systems considered, the linearized characteristics are well-matched with the nonlinear systems in the sense that the linearized effects dominate over the high-order nonlinear terms. A conductive strip experiment is conducted in order to improve our understanding of the fundamental characteristics of the electrodynamic structure from discrete systems to continuous systems. The measured equilibrium positions agree with the analytically predicted equilibrium positions up to some small errors.