6ME10A

5 Vibration engineering
EXPERIMENT

Dos & Don’ts

EXPERIMENT OBJECTIVES
Aim To study the forced vibrations of
equivalent spring mass system

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Description of the set up

The arrangement is as shown in the fig f. it is similar to that described for exit no 5 the
exciter unit is coupled to D.C variable speed muter through the flexible shaft speed of
the motor can be varied with the dimmer stat provided on the control panel speed of
rotation can be known from the speed indicator on the control panel speed of rotation
can be known from the speed indicator on control panel it is necessary to connect the
damper unit to the exciter amplitude record vibration is to be obtained on the strip
chart recorder

Procedure
1 arrange the set up as described for exit no 5

2 connect the exciter to D C motor through flexible shaft

3 start the motor and allow the system to vibrate

4 wait for 1 to 2 minutes for the amplitude to build for particular forcing frequency

5 adjust the positron of strip- chart recorder take the record of amplitude v s time on
step chart starting recording motor press the recorder platform on the pen gently pen
should be wet with ink avoid excisable pressure to get good rescore

6 take record by changing forcing frequencies

7 repeat the experiment for different damping adjusting the holes on the piston of the
damper can change damping

8 plot the graph of amplitude v s frequency for various damping conditions

Observation & Calculation

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 Forcing frequency Amplitude

C .p .s mm

Prepare similar observation tables for various damping conditions

Calculations

Plot the graph of amplitude Vs frequency for each setting typical graph is shown in fig
f(a)

1 find km (mean stiffness) of the spring as follows

K 1+ K 2+ K 3
KM = KG /CM
3

W1 W2 w3
where K 1= K 2= K 3= etc
S1 S2 s3

2 find‘t’ theoretical by using equation

w
T theoretical =2 π
√ kmXg

3 check with experimental value ‘T’ exit

time for unmber of os t

=
No . of osc n
for w= km=

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F theoretical = cps
T ( THEO )

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F exits = cps\
T (exp)

Apparatus Required

Theory

Results

Discussions

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