USN 12MMD/MDE24

Second Semester M.Tech. Degree Examination, Dec.2013/Jan.2014

Advanced Theory of Vibrations

Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks:100

Note: Answer any FIVE full questions.
2. Any revealing of identification, appeal to evaluator and /or equations written eg, 42+8 = 50, will be treated as malpractice.

1 a. A disc of torsional pendulum has a mass moment of inertia 0.6 kg-m2 and is immersed in
viscous fluid. The shaft is of 0.1m diameter and 0.4m long. When the pendulum is vibrating,
the amplitude of successive cycles are 9, 6 and 4. Determine: i) Logarithmic decrement;
ii) Damping torque at unit velocity; iii) Periodic time of vibration; iv) Frequency when the
disc is removed from the fluid in CPS. Take G = 44 GPa. (10 Marks)
b. A motor of 40kg mass has a rotating unbalance of magnitude 0.1 kg-m. The motor is
Important Note : 1. On completing your answers, compulsorily draw diagonal cross lines on the remaining blank pages.

mounted at the free end of a cantilever beam of length 1.2m. Find the steady state amplitude
and phase when the motor operates at 1000 rpm. The beam is specially treated to add
viscous damping of  = 0.0617. Take E = 200 GPa and I = 1.3  10-6 m4. (10 Marks)

2 a. Find the response of a simple spring mass system subjected to an unit impulse force at time
t = 0. (10 Marks)
b. Determine the response of a single degree of freedom system to the step excitation shown in
Fig.Q.2(b). (10 Marks)

Fig.Q.2(b)

3 a. What is vibration control? Briefly explain the different ways to achieve the vibration control.
(10 Marks)
b. A milling machine of mass 450kg operates at 1800 rpm and has an unbalance which causes
a harmonic repeated force of magnitude 20,000N. Design an isolation system to limit the
transmitted force to 4000N, the amplitude of vibration during operation to 1mm and the
amplitude of vibration during start-up to 10mm. Determine the required stiffness of the
isolator and the minimum mass that should be added to the machine. Take the damping ratio
of 0.05. (10 Marks)

4 a. With a schematic diagram, explain LVDT transducer. (06 Marks)

b. Determine the mass to be placed at the end of the reed on a Frahm tachometer in order that
the reed be in resonance at a frequency of 1800 cpm. The steel reed is 50mm long, 6mm
wide and 0.75 thick. Assume the Young’s modulus of reed as 19.6 GPa. (06 Marks)
c. With neat sketch, explain the electro dynamic shaker. (08 Marks)

5 a. Define experimental modal analysis and explain in brief the necessary equipments for the
measurement of vibration. (10 Marks)
b. Explain the three types of maintenance scheme with bath tub curve for life of a machine.
(10 Marks)

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6 a. Determine the isoclines for the simple pendulum. (10 Marks)

b. Explain: i) Jump phenomenon; ii) Self excited oscillations. (10 Marks)

7 a. A single degree of freedom system with natural frequency w n and damping  = 0.20 is
excited by the force
1 3
F(t) = F cos w n t  F cos w n t  F cos w n t
2 2
=  F cos mw n t .
1 3
m  ,1,
2 2
Determine the mean square response and compare the output spectrum with that of the input.
(12 Marks)
b. Explain: i) Expected value; ii) Mean square value; iii) Variance and standard deviation.
(08 Marks)

8 a. Derive the differential equation of motion for the longitudinal vibration of uniform bar.
(10 Marks)
b. Derive the differential equation of motion for the lateral vibrations of beams. (10 Marks)

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