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Free Vibration Sdof System - Expt Procedure

1. The document outlines the procedure to find the damping of a beam using free vibration of a single degree of freedom system. 2. The procedure involves finding the logarithmic decrement from the displacement vs time graph, calculating the damping ratio, determining the beam stiffness, and using these values to calculate the natural frequency, equivalent mass, critical damping, and final damping value. 3. Steps are provided to determine each of these values mathematically in order to ultimately find the damping of the beam.

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Free Vibration Sdof System - Expt Procedure

1. The document outlines the procedure to find the damping of a beam using free vibration of a single degree of freedom system. 2. The procedure involves finding the logarithmic decrement from the displacement vs time graph, calculating the damping ratio, determining the beam stiffness, and using these values to calculate the natural frequency, equivalent mass, critical damping, and final damping value. 3. Steps are provided to determine each of these values mathematically in order to ultimately find the damping of the beam.

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FREE VIBRATION SDOF SYSTEM - expT PROCEDURE

AIM:
To find the damping (c) of the given beam.
PROCEDURE:
Begin the experiment by clicking the start experiment button.

1. Find logarithmic decrement () from displacement v/s time graph.
The logarithmic decrement is defined as follows.
=
1
n
ln _
x
1
x
n
]
Here x
1
and x
n
refer to the displacements at the first and n
th
peak in the displacement v/s time
graph. The displacements at the peaks can be found using the location slider.
FREE VIBRATION SDOF SYSTEM - expT PROCEDURE



FREE VIBRATION SDOF SYSTEM - expT PROCEDURE
2. Find the damping ratio () from the logarithmic decrement (). The damping ratio is given by
=
1
_
1+[
2
6

2


3. Find beam stiffness (k) N/m from Youngs modulus (E), area moment of inertia (I) and length (L).
The stiffness for different beams is given below.

Cantilever beam
k =
3EI
I
3

Simply supported beam
k =
48EI
I
3

Fixed Fixed beam
k =
192EI
I
3


FREE VIBRATION SDOF SYSTEM - expT PROCEDURE

4. Find natural frequency (
n
) rad/s from
d
and .
d
can found from the FFT in the graph
window.

n
=

d
1
2





FREE VIBRATION SDOF SYSTEM - expT PROCEDURE
5. Find equivalent mass (m
eq
) kg from
n
and k.
m
cq
=
k

n
2


6. Find critical damping (c
c
) Ns/m from m
eq
and k.
c
c
= 2km

7. Find damping (c) Ns/m from Cc and .
c = c
c



FREE VIBRATION SDOF SYSTEM - expT PROCEDURE
RESULT:
System damping c has been found. The basic concepts in free vibration of SDOF systems are
covered.

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