ME34ME505 - Vibration and Noise ControlPractice Problems I
ME34ME505 - Vibration and Noise ControlPractice Problems I
Practice Problems I
1. Find the equivalent mass of the system shown in fig.1, where the rigid link 1
is attached to the pulley and rotates with it.
Fig. 1
Fig2
3. Find the equivalent spring constant and equivalent mass of the system shown
in Fig. 3 with references to. Assume that the bars AOB and CD are rigid with
negligible mass.
FIG.3
4. In fig 4 find the equivalent mass of the rocker arm assembly w.r.t the x-
coordinate
Fig. 4
Fig 6b
7.Determine the natural frequency of the system shown in fig.7. Assume the
pulleys to be frictionless and of negligible mass.
Fig 7
8. Three springs and a mass are attached to a rigid, weightless bar PQ as
shown in fig 8. Find the natural frequency of vibration of the system.
Fig 8
9. Find the natural frequency of vibration of a spring-mass system arranged
on an inclined plane as shown in fig 9.
Fig 9
10. A weight W is supported by three frictionless and massless pulleys and a
spring of stiffness K, as shown in fig 10.Find the natural frequency of
vibration of weight W for small oscillations.
Fig 10
11. Four weightless rigid links and a spring are arranged to support a weight
W in two different ways, as shown in fig. 11. Determine the natural
frequencies of vibration of the two arrangements.
Fig 11
12. Fig 12 shows a small mass ‘m’ restrained by four linearly elastic
springs, each of which has an upstretched length l and an angle of
orientation of 450 w.r.t the x-axis. Determine the equation of motion for
small displacements of the mass in the x-direction.
Fig 12
13. Find the natural frequency of the pendulum shown in fig 13 when the
mass of connecting bar is not negligible compared to the mass of the
pendulum bob.
Fig 13
14.A uniform slender rod of mass m and length l is hinged at point A and is
attached to four linear springs and one torsional spring, as shown in Fig. 14.
Find the natural frequency of the system if k — 2000 N/m, k, = 1000 N-
m/rad, m = 10 kg, and 1 = 5 m.
Fig 14
Fig 15
16.Find the equation of motion of the uniform rigid bar OA of length l and
mass m shown in fig 16. Also find its natural frequency.
Fig 16
17. The system shown in fig 17 has a natural frequency of 5 HZ for the
following data: m=10kg J0=5kg-m2,r1=10cm,r 2=25cm.when the system is
disturbed by giving it an initial displacement, the amplitude of free vibration
is reduced by 80% in ten cycles. Find the value of k and c.
Fig 17
18. A mass m is attached to the end of a massless elastic blade of length L
and flexure stiffness EI (see fig 18). Derive the equivalent spring constant of
the blade and write the equation of motion for the transverse displacement of
m. calculate the period T.
Fig 18
Fig 19
20. a cantilever beam made of two sections has lumped mass at x=L as
shown in fig 20. Assume that the mass of the beam can be ignored, derive
the differential the equation of motion and obtain the period of oscillation
Fig 20
21. obtain the natural frequency of the system shown in fig 21.The spring is
linear and the pulley has a mass moment of inertia I about the center O.Let
k=4.3782*105N/m, I = 67.79N.m.s2
,m=437.82Kg and R= 0.51m
Fig 21
22. A uniform disc of radius r rolls without slipping inside a circular track of
radius R as shown in fig 22.Derive the equation of motion for arbitrarily
large angle θ. Then, show that in the neighborhood of the trivial equilibrium
θ = 0.The system behaves like a harmonic oscillator, and determines the
natural frequency of oscillation.
Fig 22
26.Draw the free body diagram and derive the equation of motion using newton’s
second law of motion of each of the systems shown in figs. 26a and 26b
Fig 26a fig 26b
27. In fig 27 find the equivalent spring constant of the system in the direction of θ
Fig 27