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Auestion Paper Code : 47342

M. E. /IvI. Tech. DEGREE EXAh{INATION, JANUARY zotg
First Semester
Structural Engineering
ST OF STRUCTURES
'IO?_DYNAMICS
(Regulations 2017)

Time : Three Hours rylrw.recentquestion paperrcom Maximum : 100 Marks

AnswerALL questions.

PART-A (10x2=20Marks)
1. What are the types of dampiug encountered in a vibrating structural system ?

2. Defrne the term: Dynamicloadfactor.

3. What is fundamental frequency and fund.amental mode of vihr:xtion ?
4. Differentiate between free and forced vibration
5. State the orthogonal property of mod.e shapes.
6. What is modal analysis ? Which property of the Eigen vector facilitates the modal
analysis ?

7. Write down the governing differential equation for flexural vibration of

continuous systems

8. Use Rayleigh's method frnd an expression for fundamental frequency of a

continuous beam by taking the shape function v (x) = (x.lL)z.

9. What are the direct integration methods ? What is the principle involved ?

10. Distinguish between linear and non linear MDOF systems.

PART-B (Ex13=6bMarks)
11. a) i) A mass 1 kg is attached to the end of spring with a stiffness of 700N/mm.
Determine the criti'cal damping coeffi.cient.

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ii) A SDOF system is subjected. to a suddenly applied load Fs with a limited

duration td as shown in figure q. 11 a. tlsing Duhamels integral, determine
the response ofthe undamped system. The system starts at rest.

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b) A steel rigid frame, shown in frgure Q. 11 b, supporiing a rotating machine
which exerts a horizontal force at the grrder level of 50000 sin 11t N. Assuming
4o/o critical damping, what is the steady state amplitude of vibration ? I for
columns = 1500 x 16-7*+. E = 21x1010 57**2.

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12. a) Determine the natural frequencies and correspond,ing mode shapes for the
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b) Determine the natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes for the
system shown in figure Q. 12 b.

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13. a) Determine the natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes for the multi
degree of freedom system shown in figure Q. 18 a.

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b) For a three storied building, explain the step by step procedure involved. in
finding its steady state response by mode super position technique.

L4. a) Derive an expression for the transverse vibration of a uniform beam. Hence
find the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a sirnply supported beam.
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b) Determine the first two natural frequencies of uniform cantilever beam by

Rayleigh-Ritz method. Assume q (x) = Ctx2 + Czx3.

15. a) Calculate the dynamic response of a two degree of freedom system having the
following data:

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ii) Explain the procedure involved in finding response of damped MDOF
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PART -C (1x15=15 Marks)

16. a)-The following matrices were obtained for a vibrating system using the matrix
iteration technique, obtain the natural frequencies arrd the corresponding modal
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b) Evaluate numeri"; rn" rrrnoose of a tower, subjected to blast loading, shown
in figure Q. 16 b, by Duhamel's integral

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