ME4117 - Vibration Analysis - Homework Sheet 3

This assignment is worth 3% of the total grade for the module. Marks are shown beside each question. Marks will be lost for work that is not clear, illegible or if incorrect units are used. Submit your completed assignment as a handwritten document with a signed coursework declaration to the MABE Department Office (L1034) by 3pm Friday 25th October 2013. 1. A viscously damped spring-mass system is excited by a harmonic force of constant amplitude F0 but varying frequency . if the amplitude of the steady-state motion is observed to decrease by a factor of 8 as the frequency ratio is varied from 1 to 2. Determine the viscous damping factor for the system. [10 Marks] 2. A viscously damped spring-mass system is forced harmonically at its undamped natural frequency. If the damping ratio is doubled from 0.1 to 0.2, compute the percentage reduction in the steady-state amplitude. Compare with the result obtained when the driving frequency is twice the undamped natural frequency. [10 Marks] 3. A single cylinder four-stroke petrol engine with a mass of 90 kg is mounted on four stiff spring pads, each with a stiffness of 30 MN/m and is designed to run at 3600 rev/min. The mounting system is equipped with viscous dampers which have a large enough combined damping coefficient c so that the system is critically damped when it is given a vertical displacement and then released while not running. When the engine is running, it fires every other revolution, causing a periodic vertical displacement modelled by 1.2cost mm with t in seconds. Determine the magnification factor and overall damping coefficient c [15 Marks] 4. A 20 kg variable speed motorised unit is restrained in the horizontal direction by two springs each of which has a stiffness of 2.1 kN/m. Each of the two dashpots have a viscous damping coefficient c = 58 N-s/m. In what range of speeds can the motor be run for the magnification factor not to exceed 2? [20 Marks]

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ME4117 Vibration Analysis

Homework Sheet 3

5. A yachts mast of height 20 metres and diameter 0.5 metres is made of solid Sitka spruce. It has a constant cylindrical cross section. Determine the wind velocity flowing around the mast that will induce transverse vibration in the direction of airflow. Also comment briefly on how the use of stays and shrouds could used to alter the vibration characteristics of the mast. Use 11.2 GPa for the Youngs Modulus and 450 kg/m3 for the density of Sitka spruce. [25 Marks]

6. A single cylinder air compressor of mass 100 kg is mounted on rubber mounts as shown below. The stiffness and damping constants of the rubber mounts are given by 106 N/m and 2000 N-s/m respectively. If the imbalance of the compressor is equivalent to a mass 0.1 kg located at the end of the crank (point A), determine the response of the compressor at a crank speed of 3000 rpm. Assume r = 10 cm and l = 40 cm. [20 Marks]

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