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Power-spectral-density (PSD) analysis is a type of frequency-domain analysis in which a structure is subjected to a probabilistic spectrum of harmonic loading to obtain probabilistic distributions for dynamic response measures. A root-mean-square (RMS) formulation translates the PSD curve for each response quantity into a single, most likely value. Because PSD curves represent the continuous probability density function of each response measure, most of the integrated area will occur near the resonant frequencies of the structure. For accuracy, it is important to capture response at frequency steps near the natural modes of the structure.
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