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VOL. 6, NO. 7, JULY 1968 AIAA JOURNAL 1313 Coupling of Substructures for Dynamic Analyses ROY R. CRAIG JR.* The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas AND MERVYN C. C. BAMPTONf The Boeing Company, Seattle, Wash. A method for treating a complex structure as an assemblage of distinct regions, or sub- structures, is presented. Using basic mass and stiffness matrices for the substructures, to- gether with conditions of geometrical compatibility along substructure boundaries, the method employs two forms of generalized coordinates. Boundary generalized coordinates give displacements and rotations of points along substructure boundaries and are related to the displacement modes of the substructures known as constraint modes. All constraint modes are generated by matrix operations from substructure input data. Substructure normal-mode generalized coordinates are related to free vibration modes of the substructures relative to completely restrained boundaries. The definition of substructure modes and