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A Fast Method of Transforming Relaxation Functions Into the Frequency Domain

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Author(s)

F I. Mopsik

Abstract

The limits to the error due to truncation of the numeric integration of the onesided Laplace transform of a relaxation function in the time domain into its equivalent frequency domain are established. Separate results are given for large and small . These results show that, for a given , only a restricted range of time samples is needed to perform the computation to a given accuracy. These results are then combined with a known error estimate for integration by cubic splines to give a good estimate for the number of points needed to perform the computation to a given accuracy. For a given data window between t1 and t2, the computation time is shown to be proportional to ln(t1/t2).
Citation
Journal of Research (NIST JRES) -
Volume
104 No. 2

Keywords

cubic spline, error estimate, Laplace transform, numeric integration, numeric transform, relaxation function, time domain

Citation

Mopsik, F. (1999), A Fast Method of Transforming Relaxation Functions Into the Frequency Domain, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 31, 2024)

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Created January 1, 1999, Updated February 17, 2017