ME 214 Mechanical Vibrations (2019/2020)

SHEET 6
1. A 40 kg fan has a rotating unbalance of 0.1 kg-m magnitude. The fan
is mounted on the beam as shown in Fig. 1 . The beam has been
specially treated to add viscous damping. As the speed of the fan is
varied, it is noted that its maximum steady-state amplitude is 20.3
mm. What is the fan’s steady –state amplitude when it operates at
1000rev/min?

Take 𝐸 = 200 ∗ 109 𝑁/𝑚2 , 𝐼 = 1.3 ∗ 10−4 𝑚4 , 𝑚𝑜 𝑒 = 0.1 𝑘𝑔. 𝑚,

 = 1000 𝑟𝑒𝑣/𝑚𝑖𝑛

Fig. 1 Rotating Fan

2. The body of car has a mass of 1500 kg and is mounted on 4 equal

springs, which deflect through 225 mm under the weight of the body,
The total damping coefficient of 4 shock absorbers is 4.6 N at a
velocity of 1 cm/s. The car is placed with all four wheels on the
platform which is moved up and down at resonance speed with
amplitude of 25 mm as shown in Fig. 2. Find the amplitude of the care
body on its springs assuming the center gravity of the car to be the
center of the wheel base.

Fig. 2 Car- Spring System

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3. A machine of 500 kg mass is acted upon by an external force of

2000 N at a frequency of 1500 rpm. To reduce the effects of
vibration, an isolator of rubber having a static deflection of 2 mm
under the machine load and an estimated damping factor =0.2
are used.
Determine (i) the force transmitted to the foundation, and (ii) the
amplitude of vibration of machine.

4. A vehicle has a mass of 490 kg and the total spring constant of its
suspension system is 58800 N/m. The profile of the road may be
approximated to be a sine wave of 40 mm amplitude and
wavelength 4 m as shown in Fig 4.
Determine :
(i) Critical speed of the vehicle,
(ii) The amplitude of the steady state motion of the mass when
the vehicle is driven at critical speed and  = 0.5, and
(iii) The amplitude of steady state motion of mass when vehicle
is driven at 57 km/h and damping factor =0.5.

Fig 4. Vehicle- road system