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ME ADVANCED VIBRATIONS
ASSIGNMENT NO 4b
FORCED RESPONSE OF SDOF SYSTEM

1. A 45-kg machine is placed at the end of a 1.6-m cantilever beam of elastic modulus of 200 ×109 N/m2
and cross-sectional moment of inertia 1.6 × 10-5 m4. As it operates, the machine produces a harmonic
force of magnitude 125 N. At what operating speeds will the machine's steady-state amplitude be less
than 0.2 mm?
2. A 1l0-kg machine is mounted on an elastic foundation of stiffness 2 × 106 N/m. When operating at 150
rad/s, the machine is subject to a harmonic force of magnitude 1500 N. The steady-state amplitude of the
machine measured as 1.9 mm. What is the damping ratio of the foundation?
3. 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.
4. A 150-kg electric motor has a rotating unbalance of 0.5 kg, 0.2 m from the center of rotation. The motor
is to be mounted at the end of a steel (E = 210 × 109 N/m2) cantilever beam of length 1 m. The operating
range of the motor is from 500 to 1200 rpm. For what values of I, the beam’s cross-sectional moment of
inertia, will the steady-state amplitude of vibration be less than 1 mm? Assume the damping ratio is 0.1.
5. A 120-kg machine is mounted at the midspan of a 1.5-m-long simply supported beam of a elastic modulus
E = 200 × 109 N/m2 and cross-section moment of inertia 1= 1.53 × 10- 6 m4. An experiment is run on the
system during which the machine is subject to a harmonic excitation of magnitude 2000 N a t a variety
of excitation frequencies. The largest steady-state amplitude recorded during the experiment is 2.5 mm.
Estimate the damping ratio of the system.
6. A 35-kg electric motor that operates at 60 Hz is mounted on an elastic foundation of stiffness 3 × 106
N/m. The phase difference between the excitation and the steady-state response is 21°. What is the
damping ratio of the system?
7. An industrial sewing machine has a mass of 430 kg and operates at 1500 rpm (157 rad/s). It appears to
have a rotating unbalance of magnitude m0e = 0.8 kg · m. Structural engineers suggest that the maximum
repeated force transmitted to the floor is 10,000 N. The only isolator available has a stiffness of 7 × 106
N/m and a damping ratio of 0.1. If the isolator is placed between the machine and the floor, will the
transmitted force be reduced to an acceptable level? If not, what can be done?
8. A moment, M0 sin t, is applied to the end of the bar of Figure P4b.8. Determine the maximum value of
M0 such that the steady-state amplitude of angular oscillation does not exceed 100 if  = 500 rpm, k =
7000 N/m, c = 650 N· s/m, L = 1.2 m, and the mass of the bar is 15 kg.

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Figure P4b.8
9. Using the given values, determine the steady-state amplitude of the block shown in Figure P4B.9.

Figure P4b.8
10. During operation a 100-kg press is subject to the periodic excitations shown in Figure P4B.10. The press
is mounted on an elastic foundation of stiffness 1.6 × 105 N/m and damping ratio 0.2. Determine the
steady–state response of the press and approximate its maximum displacement from equilibrium. Each
excitation is shown over one period.

(a) (b)
Figure P4B.10

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11. Use the convolution integral to determine the response of an under damped 1-degree-of freedom system
of natural frequency n , damping ratio , and mass m when subject to a constant force of magnitude Fo.
The system is at rest in equilibrium at t = 0.
12. Use the convolution integral to determine the time-dependent response of an undamped l-degree-of-
freedom system of natural frequency n and mass m when subject to a harmonic excitation of the form
F(t)= F0 sint with   n.
13. Use the convolution integral to determine the response of an undamped 1 -degree-of freedom system of
natural frequency n and mass m when subject to a time-dependent excitation of the form F(t) = F0e –at.
The system is at rest in equilibrium at t = 0.
14. During its operation, a punch press is subject to impulses of magnitude 5 N .s at t = 0 and at t = 1.5 sec.
The mass of the press is 10 kg, and it is mounted on an elastic pad with a stiffness of 2 × 104 N/m and
damping ratio of 0.1. Determine the response of the press. Use Laplace Transform.
15. Use the convolution integral to determine the response of an undamped 1 -degree-of freedom system of
natural frequency n and mass m when subject to a time-dependent excitation of the form F(t) = F0e –at.
The system is at rest in equilibrium at t = 0.
16. A machine tool with a mass of 30 kg is mounted on an undamped foundation of stiffness 1500 N/m.
During operation, it is subject to one of the machining force shown in Figure P4B.16. Use the principle
of superposition and the convolution integral to determine the response of the system to each force.

(a) (b)
Figure P4B.16

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