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Chapter 19, Solution 4.

Simple Harmonic Motion

W 20 lb
δs = = = 0.2222 in.
k 90 lb/in.

ωn =
k
=
( 90 )(12 ) = 41.699 rad/s = 2π f
m  20 
 
 32.2 

(a) Amplitude = δ s = xm = 0.222 in.

xm = 0.222 in. !

41.699 rad/s
f = = 6.6366
2π
f = 6.64 Hz !

(b) vm = ω n xm = ( 41.699 rad/s )( 0.2222 in.) = 9.2655 in./s

vm = 9.27 in./s !

am = ω n2 xm = ( 41.699 rad/s ) ( 0.2222 in.) = 386.36 in./s 2

2

= 32.197 ft/s 2

am = 32.2 ft/s 2 !

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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