GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE FOR DEGREE & P.

G COURSES (A)
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

LONGITUDINAL VIBRATIONS

Short Answer Questions:

1. Define in short, free vibrations, forced vibrations and damped vibrations.
2. What is a magnification factor?
3. What are the causes and effects of a vibration?
4. Define damping ratio and mention its significance.
5. Explain about critical damping constant and mention its expression?

Long Answer Questions:

1. A vibratory body of mass 150 kg is supported on springs of total stiffness 1050 kN/m has a
rotating unbalance force of 525 N at a speed of 6000 rpm. If the damping factor is 0.3
determine:
a. The amplitude caused by the unbalance and its phase lag.
b. The transmissibility ratio.
c. The actual force transmitted and its phase angle.
2. Derive the expression for natural frequency of free longitudinal vibrations by energy method?
3. Derive the expression for frequency of a free longitudinal damped vibratory system and
explain the 3 cases.
4. Derive the expression for displacement of a forced vibration system with damping.
5. A coil of spring stiffness of 5 N/mm supports vertically a mass of 30 kg at the free end. The
motion is resisted by the oil dashpot. It is found that the amplitude at the beginning of the
fourth cycle is 0.8 times the amplitude of previous vibration. Determine the damping force
per unit velocity. Also calculate the ratio of frequency of damped and undamped vibrations?
6. A body of mass of 50 kg is supported by an elastic structure of stiffness 10 kN/m. The
motion of the body is controlled by a dashpot such that the amplitude of vibrations decreases
to one tenth of its original value after two complete vibrations. Determine
a. Damping force per 1 m/s
b. Damping ratio.
c. The natural frequency of vibration.