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Mechanical Vibrations
Mohan D. Rao
Chuck Van Karsen
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Michigan Technological University
Copyright 2003
MEEM 3700
x1
0.8
n = number of periods
0.6
xn+1
0.4
t n+1 = t1 +n D
ampiltude
0.2
t1
tn+1
-0.2
2
d
D =
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1
0.1
0. 2
nt
x(t ) = e
0.3
0. 4
0. 5
0 .6
tim e - s ec onds
0.7
0.9
( A cosd t + B sin d t )
or x (t ) = e
0 .8
n t
MEEM 3700
( X sin ( t + ) )
d
e nt1 ( X sin ( d t1 + ) )
x1
=
xn +1 e ntn+1 ( X sin ( d tn +1 + ) )
x1
e nt1
= ( t + n ) = e nn D
xn +1 e n 1 D
nn 2
x1
becomes
xn +1
Using: D = =
n 1 2
D
x1
= e n
xn +1
1 2
n 2
=e
1 2
MEEM 3700
n 2
x1
=e
xn +1
Given
1 2
x n2
ln 1 =
Log Decrement
1 2
xn +1
1 x1
2
ln
=
n xn +1
1 2
MEEM 3700
1
0.8
X1
0.6
Example
0.4
X6
ampiltude
0.2
X 1 = 0.68
X 6 = 0.12
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
time - seconds
0.7
0.8
MEEM 3700
0.9
1 0.68
ln
2
5 0.12
= 0.055 5.5%