Matlab&Sheet&2& & Single&Degree&of&Freedom&5&Free&and&Forced&undamped&system&
Matlab&Sheet&2& & Single&Degree&of&Freedom&5&Free&and&Forced&undamped&system&
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Single&Degree&of&Freedom&5&Free&and&Forced&undamped&system&
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1.! We!are!interested!in!the!natural!frequency!of!a!wing!in!bending.!The!wing!tip!is!displaced!
and!released,!and!a!laser!sensor!mounted!near!the!wing!is!used!to!measure!the!response!
under! the! initial! displacement.! The! measured! response! frequency! (or! damped! natural!
frequency)!is!5.5!Hz!and!it!takes!11!cycles!to!half!amplitude.!
(a)! If!the!wing!is!represented!by!a!SDOF!system!with!an!equivalent!set!of!mass,!spring!and!
damper,! determine! the! viscous! damping! ratio! for! the! wing.! Is! the! wing! lightly!
damped?!Calculate!the!undamped!natural!frequency!of!the!wing!in!bending.!
(b)!!The! wing! has! been! equipped! with! a! fuel! tank! weighing! 680! Kg! at! the! wing! tip,!
decreasing!the!response!frequency!to!5.0!Hz.!Determine!the!equivalent!empty!wing!
mass!and!spring!constant.!
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2.! We! are! interested! in! the! transient! response! of! the! above! wing,! under! the! following!
loading!conditions.!
(a)!A!static!load!of!100!KN!displaces!the!wing!tip.!Released!from!the!load,!the!wing!shows!
the!decaying!oscillation.!
(b)!The!impact!load!of!100!KN!is!applied!over!0.001!seconds.!
(c)!A!step!force,!a!triangleRshaped!force!is!applied!to!the!wing!at!rest!as!shown.!
(d)!A!trapezoidRshaped!force!is!applied!to!the!wing!at!rest!as!shown.!!
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(e)!A!sinusoidal!force!of!100!KN!at!5.0,!5.5!and!10.0!Hz!is!applied!(F(t)!=!100000!sint!).!
(f)!The!wing!experiences!loading!and!unloading!in!the!mission!profile.!For!an!arbitrarily!
shaped!loading,!one!can!use!the!Fourier!series!such!as!
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F(t)!=!100!( cost!! !cos3t!+! !cos5t!! cos7t!+!...!! !cos15t)!
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and!=!2!(5Hz).!*FlowRinduced!loading!is!random!in!nature.!
Determine! the! transient! response! of! the! wing! tip! under! the! above! loading! conditions!
using!the!RRK!method.!Plot!the!response!of!the!wing!tip,!normalized!by!the!defined!static!
displacement,!from!0!to!4!seconds!for!the!free!response!and!from!0!to!10!seconds!for!the!
forced!response.!