Sheet 3 (1)
Sheet 3 (1)
2 - Consider a spring-mass system, with k = 4000 N/m and m = 10 kg, subject to a harmonic
force F(t) = 400 cos ωt N. Find and plot the total response of the system under the initial
conditions: xo = 0.1 m, vo = 0 for the frequency ω equals: a) 10, b) 20, c) 20.1, d) 30.
3 - A mass m is suspended from a spring of stiffness 4000 N/m and is subjected to a harmonic
force having amplitude of 100 N and a frequency of 5 Hz. The amplitude of the forced
motion of the mass is observed to be 20 mm. Find the value of m.
6 - A spring-mass system is set to vibrate from zero initial conditions under a harmonic force.
The response is found to exhibit the phenomenon of beats with the period of beating equal to
0.5 s and the period of oscillation equal to 0.05 s. Find the natural frequency of the system
and the frequency of the harmonic force.
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Cairo University Third year
Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Vibrations
Mechanical Design & Production MDP 3141
8 - The propeller of a ship, of weight 100 kN and polar mass moment of inertia 10,000 kg.m 2 is
connected to the engine through a hollow stepped steel propeller shaft, as shown below.
Assuming that water provides a viscous damping ratio of 0.1, determine the torsional
vibratory response of the propeller when the engine induces a harmonic angular
displacement of 0.05 sin 314.16t rad at the base (point A) of the propeller shaft.
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Cairo University Third year
Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Vibrations
Mechanical Design & Production MDP 3141
10 - A turbine rotor is mounted on a stepped shaft that is fixed at both ends as shown below.
The torsional stiffnesses of the two segments of the shaft are given by kt1 = 3,000 N-m/rad
and kt2 = 4000 N-m/rad. The turbine generates a harmonic torque given by M(t) = Mo cos ωt
about the shaft axis with Mo = 200 N-m and ω = 500 rad/s. The mass moment of inertia of
the rotor about the shaft axis is Jo = 0.05 kg-m2. Assuming the equivalent torsional damping
constant of the system as ct = 2.5 N-m-s/rad, determine the steady-state response of the rotor,
Ѳ(t).
11 - For a vibrating system, m = 10 kg, k = 2500 N/m, and c = 45 N-s/m. A harmonic force of
amplitude 180 N and frequency 3.5 Hz acts on the mass. If the initial displacement and
velocity of the mass are 15 mm and 5 m/s, find the complete solution representing the
motion of the mass.
12 - A 50-kg machine tool is mounted on an elastic foundation that is modeled as a spring and
viscous damper in parallel. In order to determine the properties of the foundation, a force
with a magnitude of 8000 N is applied to the machine tool at a variety of speeds. It is
observed that the maximum steady-state amplitude is 2.5 mm, which occurs at 35 Hz.
Determine the equivalent stiffness and equivalent damping coefficient of the foundation.
14 - A 500 kg rotating disk has a rotating unbalance mass of 12.6 kg, which is 5 cm from its
axis of rotation. For what stiffnesses of an elastic mounting of damping ratio 0.06 will the
disk’s steady-state amplitude be less than 2 mm for all speeds of operation between 200 rpm
and 600 rpm?