Vg. Ukadgaonker et M. Tiwari, NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS OF VIBRATION OF INDIAN DRUMS VIA COMPUTER, INDIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCES, 1(3), 1994, pp. 121-126
In this paper, the vibration characteristics of membrane of Indian dru
ms have been studied using finite difference method and digital comput
er. This method can be used for getting the displacement of various in
stances of time. The effect of the enclosed air has also been taken in
to consideration. The displacement and damping characteristics for uni
form single, double and triple membranes which are centrally loaded ha
ve been plotted. It was found that the damping is much slower and bett
er harmonics are developed when these membranes are used for drums as
in case of Indian drums than drums with single membrane.