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THEORY OF MACHINE AND MECHANISM II


ASSIGNMENT NO 6(C)
1. A spring-mass-damper system consists of a mass of 15 kg, a spring with a stiffness of 2 kN/m and a
damping constant of 50 N.s/m. It is excited by an external harmonic force 300 sin 𝜔𝑡. Assuming viscous
damping, determine:
(a) the resonant frequency
(b) damped frequency
(c)the phase angle at resonance
(d) the amplitude at resonance
(e)the frequency corresponding to the peak amplitude, and
(f) the peak amplitude.
2. A spring-mass-damper system is subjected to an external harmonic excitation. The amplitude is found
to be 30 mm at resonance and 20 mm at a frequency 0.8 times the resonant frequency. Determine the
damping ratio of the system.
3. A machine of mass 120 kg is attached to a spring of stiffness 200 kN/m and is subjected to a harmonic
excitation of 750 N and period of 0.1 s. Determine the amplitude of steady state vibration. What would
be the amplitude of steady state vibration when a viscous damper of damping constant 1600 N.s/m is
attached in parallel with the spring?
4. A machine of mass 50 kg is supported by an assembly of springs with an equivalent stiffness of 220
kN/m. When the machine runs at an operating speed of 2500 rpm, the steady state amplitude of harmonic
vibration is found to be 2 mm. Determine the magnitude of the excitation provided to the machine at
the operating speed.
5. A machine of mass 80 kg is attached to the mid-span of a steel beam fixed at both ends. The beam has
a length of 4 m, width of 0.2 m and thickness 0.3 m, At an operating speed of 1200 rpm, a rotating
force of magnitude F0 = 4000 N is developed due to the unbalance in the rotor of the motor. Find the
amplitude of steady state vibrations. Neglect the damping and inertia effects of the beam. Take 𝐸 =
210 𝐺𝑃𝑎 for the beam.
6. A 150 kg machine is mounted at the mid-span of a 1.5 m long simply supported steel beam. The moment
of area of the section of the beam is 2 × 10−6 𝑚4 and modulus of elasticity of 210 GPa. When the
system is subjected to a harmonic force of magnitude 2.5 kN, the largest steady state amplitude is found
to be 2.2 mm. Determine the damping ratio of the system.
7. A machine of mass 75 kg has a rotating unbalance of 0.2 kg.m. It is mounted on a foundation of
equivalent stiffness 2 MN/m and damping ratio 0.16. Determine the amplitude of steady state vibration
due to unbalance when the machine operates at 7500 rpm.
8. A rotating machine of 80 kg mass has a rotating unbalance of 0.16 kg.m and operates between 300 rpm
to 500 rpm. Determine the equivalent stiffness of the elastic foundation such that the amplitude of steady
state vibration does not exceed 2.5 mm, if
(a) the damping effect of the isolator is negligible,
(b) the damping ratio of the isolator 0.08.
9. A machine of mass 165 kg has a rotating unbalance of 0.45 kg at 0.18 m from the center of rotation.
The motor is to be mounted at the end of a steel cantilever beam of length 1 m. The operating range of
the motor is from 500 to 1200 rpm. Determine the values of the beam’s cross-sectional moment of
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inertia for which the steady state amplitude of vibration of the system will be less than 1.5 mm. Assume
that the equivalent damping ratio is 0.1. Take 𝐸 = 210 𝐺𝑃𝑎 for the beam.
10. A 120 kg machine operates at 1000 rpm and has a rotating unbalance of 0.4 kg.m. Determine the
stiffness of an un-damped isolator such that the force transmitted to the foundation is less than 2000 N.
11. A machine of mass 120 kg operates at 1000 rpm. Determine the equivalent of an isolator that provides
85 percent isolation. Assume that the damping ratio of the isolator is 0.1.
12. A machine of mass 120 kg supported on springs of equivalent stiffness 800 kN/m has a rotating
unbalance force of 400 N at a speed of 4000 rpm. If the damping ratio is 0.16, determine (a) the
amplitude caused by the unbalance and its phase angle, (b) the transmissibility, and (c) the actual force
transmitted.
13. An electronic device of mass 1.5 kg is supported to the base through an un-damped isolator. During
shipping, the base is subjected to a harmonic disturbance of amplitude of 2.5 mm and frequency 4 Hz.
Design the equivalent stiffness of an isolator so that the displacement transmitted to the device is less
than 10 percent of the base motion.
14. A vehicle can be modelled as a single degree of freedom system with 𝑚 = 1000 𝑘𝑔, 𝑘 = 500 𝑘𝑁/𝑚
and 𝜉 = 0.2. The road surface varies sinusoidally with an amplitude of 0.01 m and a wavelength of 2
m. Determine the displacement amplitude of the vehicle when it travels through the road at a speed of
40 km/h.
15. A seismic instrument with a natural damping frequency of 5 Hz and negligible damping is used to
measure the vibration of a machine operating at 100 rpm. The displacement of the seismic mass as read
from the instrument is 0.05 mm. Determine the amplitude of vibration of the machine.

Computer Application and Programming


16. A spring-mass-damper system consists of a mass of 10 kg, a spring with a stiffness of 1 kN/m and a
damping constant of 15 N.s/m. It is excited by an external harmonic force 200 sin 𝜔𝑡. It is initially
displaced by 0.05 m from the equilibrium position and released with a velocity of 0.5 m/s. Derive the
expression for the total response 𝑥(𝑡) of the system when the frequency of external excitation is
(a) 9 rad/s,
(b) 10 rad/s and
(c) 11 rad/s
Also compare the responses for each case with plots.
17. Write down a program to determine the steady state response of a single degree of freedom due to a
harmonic excitation. Take input for mass, stiffness, damping constant, initial displacement, initial
velocity and magnitude and frequency of the external force. Give output for the expression for its
response and produce plot of displacement.
18. Write down a program to produce the plots of magnification factor and phase for a forced harmonic
response.

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Answers
1. 11.747 rad/s, 11.4261 rad/s, 900, 0.5196 m, 11.3039, 0.5251
2. 0.0788 3. 2.7398 mm, 2.5719 mm 4. 6413.8919 N
5. 14.1725 m 6. 0.1939 7. 2.78 mm
8. k < 15.7914 kN/m, k > 394.7842 kN/m; k < 16.0487 kN/m, k > 388.4547 kN/m
9. I < 0.5171 × 10-6 m4, I > 5.1277 × 10-6 m4 10. 412.103 kN/m
11. 150.9121 kN/m 12. 1.3744 mm, 171.89290; 0.3927; 1178.1417
13. 86.1347 N/m 14. 7.5248 mm 15. 0.4 mm

TMM II 2078 Assignment 6c/MCL

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