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Vibration Analysis of SS Beam

1) The document describes an experiment to determine the natural frequency, effective mass, and stiffness of a simply supported beam using Dunkerley's equation. 2) Dunkerley's equation relates the natural frequency of the whole beam system to the natural frequencies of the motor and beam and their effective masses. 3) The beam is subjected to vibrations from a motor and additional masses are added to determine the effective mass and stiffness from the relationship between added mass and measured natural frequency.

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Vibration Analysis of SS Beam

1) The document describes an experiment to determine the natural frequency, effective mass, and stiffness of a simply supported beam using Dunkerley's equation. 2) Dunkerley's equation relates the natural frequency of the whole beam system to the natural frequencies of the motor and beam and their effective masses. 3) The beam is subjected to vibrations from a motor and additional masses are added to determine the effective mass and stiffness from the relationship between added mass and measured natural frequency.

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Vibration analysis of Simply Supported Beam

Objectives: 1) To introduce Dunkerleys Equation, and demonstrate its use in studying transverse vibrations of beams. 2) To recognise the application of this equation on a simply supported beam, for the aim of: Determining the natural frequency n of the simply supported beam, and then to compare it with the analytical value. Evaluation of its effective mass MEff, and then comparing it with the theoretical value. Determining the stiffness of the beam K, to be compared with the theoretical value. System Description: The system under study is shown in Figure-1 below, which consists of a simply supported rectangular cross-section beam, of known dimensions L, w & t, modulus of elasticity E, total mass Mb and effective mass MEff. Auxiliary masses (disks) M may be added to the system. An electrical motor with mass (Mm = 3 kg) is fixed on the beam, and rotates a circular disk with eccentric mass to induce vibrations on the system.
Motor Mm

Beam (L, E, I, K) (M b, M eff )

Pin joint

Auxiliary masses M

Figure-1 General layout of the experiment set-up

Governing Equations: For the system shown in Figure-1, the equation of motion is given by:
+ KY = 0 ( M + M )Y
Eff

(1) (2)

From which the natural frequency of the whole system ns is found as:
ns =
K M + M Eff

Square and expand this equation to get:

M M Eff + K ns 2 K 1 1 1 = + 2 2 2 ns nm nb 1 =
This equation is known as the Dunkerleys Equation, where: ns is the natural frequency of the whole system. nm is the natural frequency of the motor. nb is the natural frequency of the beam. Analytical Solution:

(3)

1. Natural Frequency (nb): Analytically, for a simply supported beam, an expression for the natural frequency n can be derived to give:
n = 2
EI EI =2 4 AL M b L3

(4)

2. Effective Mass (MEff): The effective mass MEff of a simply supported beam is given in terms of its total mass Mb by the expression:
M Eff = 17 M b = 0.485714 M b 35

(5) Knowing that: Deflection of the simply supported beam y(x):


y ( x) = Fx (4 x 2 3L2 ) 48 EI
FL3 48 EI
L/2

(6)

Maximum deflection yMax:


y Max ( x ) =

(7)

Kinetic energy T:
L/2

T =2

M 1 2 .dm = 2 b y 2 L

y
0

.dx

\ (8)

3. Stiffness (K): From eqn-7, it can be easily concluded that the stiffness of the simply supported beam K is equal to: 48 EI K = (9) L3 Procedure: 1) Start with the system shown in Figure-1 without any additional masses, and activate the motor to initiate vibrations on the beam.

2) Increase the speed gradually and observe the behaviour of the system, until you identify the resonance state where maximum amplitude of vibrations takes place, then record the speed of the motor NR. 3) Add a unit mass (1 kg) to the beam; and again, record the speed of the motor at resonance NR . 4) Repeat step-3 another five times to get total seven pairs of M and NR. Observations: Dimensions of the beam: Parameter Value L (cm) w (mm) t (mm) Data collected: Trial M (kg) 1 0 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 6

NR (rpm)

Calculations: 1. For each value of NR obtained, find the corresponding natural frequency for the system ns.
1 2. Draw ns versus M and determine the slope.
2

3. As slope =

1 , K is determined. K
2

1 4. Intercept with the vertical axis YInter = , nb is determined. nb 5. Intercept with the horizontal axis X Inter = M Eff , MEff is determined.

6. Compare all the experimental values with that of calculated values. Results: Data processing analysis: Theoretically: MEff (kg) K (N/m) nb (rad/sec)

Data processing results: Slope (m/N) YInter (sec/rad)2 XInter (kg) From Graph K (N/m) nb (rad/sec) MEff (kg) Percent Error (% ) Percent Error (% ) Percent Error (% )

Discussion And Conclusions:

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