Structural Dynamics - Example

An air conditioning unit with a mass of 540 kg is supported in the centre of two steel taper flange
channel section simply supported beams. The span of the beams is L = 2,40 m.
Assume that the mass of the beams can be ignored.

The motor unit of the air conditioner rotates at 300 rpm and has an unbalanced mass of 30 kg at this
speed.

The cross-section moment of inertia for the beams is I = 4,83 x 10-6 m4.

Use Esteel = 200 GPa; g = 9,81 m/s2 and assume that 1% viscous damping applies.

Compute:

1. the maximum static elastic deflection of the beams

2. the maximum amplitudes of the steady state dynamic deflection of the beams.
3. the maximum acceleration of the beams in terms of g
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format compact
clear all
clc
display('MT11 - Example Air conditioning unit')
display('')
% accleration due to gravity (m/s^2)
g=9.81
% Mass of unit in kg
display('Mass of unit in kg')
m=540
% Steel Young's Modulus in Pa
display('Steel Young''s Modulus in Pa')
E=200.e+09
% Beam section modulus in m^4
display('Beam section modulus in m^4')
I=4.83e-06
% Beam length in m
display('Beam length in m')
L=2.40
% Unbalanced mass in kg
display('Unbalanced mass in kg')
m0=30.0
% Viscous damping factor
display('Viscous damping factor')
ksi=0.01
% rotation speed - rpm
display('Rotation speed - rpm')
rpm=300
% At resonance rpm 1064.3
% rpm=111.4578/2./pi*60.
% angular speed - radians / second
display('Angular speed - radians / second')
Omega=2.*pi*rpm/60.
% beam stiffness - 2 beams
display('Beam stiffness - 2 beams')
k=2.*48.*E*I/L^3
% static displacement in meters due to unit
display('Static displacement in meters due to unit')
delta=m*g/k
% natural angular speed of beam configuration (rad/s)
display('Natural angular speed of beam configuration (rad/s)')
omega_n=sqrt(k/m)
% excitation ratio
display('Excitation ratio')
r=Omega/omega_n
% dynamic amplification factor
display('Dynamic amplification factor')
AF=1/(sqrt((1-r^2)^2+4.*ksi^2*r^2))
% Static displacement under unbalanced load
u_static=m0*g/k
% Dynamic displacement amplitude in m
display('Dynamic displacement amplitude in m')
u_dynamic=u_static*AF
% Acceleration amplitude in m/s^2
display('Acceleration amplitude in m/s^2')
uddot= Omega^2*u_dynamic
% Acceleration amplitude in terms of g
display('Acceleration amplitude in terms of g')
u_rel=uddot/g
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g = 9.8100
Mass of unit in kg
m = 540
Steel Young's Modulus in Pa
E = 2.0000e+011
Beam section modulus in m^4
I = 4.8300e-006
Beam length in m
L = 2.4000
Unbalanced mass in kg
m0 = 30
Viscous damping factor
ksi = 0.0100
Rotation speed - rpm
rpm = 300
Angular speed - radians / second
Omega = 31.4159
Beam stiffness - 2 beams
k = 6.7083e+006
Static displacement in meters due to unit
delta = 7.8967e-004
Natural angular speed of beam configuration (rad/s)
omega_n = 111.4578
Excitation ratio
r = 0.2819
Dynamic amplification factor
AF = 1.0863
u_static = 4.3871e-005
Dynamic displacement amplitude in m
u_dynamic = 4.7656e-005
Acceleration amplitude in m/s^2
uddot = 0.0470
Acceleration amplitude in terms of g
u_rel = 0.0048