Mechanical Vibrations

Dr. CHANDRASHEKARA C V
Professor and Lead: Design Domain,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Chapter 3: Harmonically Excited Vibration of SDOFS

Response of a Damped System under

Rotating Unbalance
Introduction
Equation of Motion
Steady-State Response
Ratio (MX/me)
The variation of (MX/me)
Characteristic of ‘MX/me’

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Rotating Unbalance
Introduction:

A machine which has rotating parts as its working parts

is known as rotating machines

Examples:
• Turbines
• Generators
• Heavy electrical motors etc.,

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Rotating Unbalance
Introduction:
Unbalance in rotating machinery part
(m) is one of the main causes of
vibration in the entire system
The problem of unbalance comes when
in a rotating machine the centre of
gravity of the rotor does not coincide
with the axis of the rotation

The Equivalent Enbalance eccentric

mass ‘m’ with eccentricity ‘e’ is the
measure of the unbalance

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Rotating Unbalance
Introduction:
A simplified model of such a
machine is shown in Figure. The
total mass of the machine is M
(including m), and

An eccentric masses m rotating with

a Constant Angular Velocity ()

The centrifugal force due to

unbalance mass will cause
excitation of the mass M
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Rotating Unbalance
Equation of Motion:
The Vertical Component of the Excitation
is given by

The equation of motion can be derived as,

The steady-state response of the mass (M),

xp (t), can be expressed as,

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Rotating Unbalance
Steady-State Response

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Rotating Unbalance
Ratio (MX/me):

Ratio (MX/me), can be expressed as,

Try this:
The variation of (MX/me) with r for different
values of
Characteristic of ‘MX/me’
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Assignment/Self Study

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Thank You

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Dr. CHANDRASHEKARA C V, PhD
Professor and Lead: Design Domain,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

drcvc@pes.edu
+91 80 6666 3333 Extn 367

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