ME 143 1st Long Exam 1SY 2018-2019 (Sept 11 2018)

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1. Find the natural frequency of the system shown on the right.

For a cantilevered beam with a concentrated load at the free end:

2. For the oscillation of the spring and mass system, m = 1 kg.

Determine
a. damped natural frequency
b. damping ratio
c. critical damping coefficient
d. damping constant
e. spring constant
f. natural frequency of the system
g. initial conditions
h.
i. the equation of motion of the system
j. forcing function

3. Referring to the figure below, what is the steady state displacement function for a forced damped spring and
mass system having a damping ratio of 0.2 and having a forcing function with a frequency ratio of 1.2, mass m =
1 kg, spring constant k = 20,000 N/m and forcing function amplitude is 1000 N.

4. Determine the total response of the system shown above right, with two
external forces as shown acting on the mass and the initial condition x(0)
= 1000 and v(0) = 0.

5. When a 40 kg machine is placed on an elastic foundation, its free

vibrations appear to decay exponentially with a frequency of 91.7 rad/s.
When a 60 kg machine is placed on the same foundation, the frequency
of the exponentially decaying oscillations is 75.5 rad/s. Determine the
equivalent stiffness and equivalent viscous damping coefficient for the
foundation.