Mechanical Department

Course Name: Mechanical Vibration

Sheet 1 Couse Code: ENG 222 &ENG 148

1) Fig. 1 shows a system that consists of a mass (m = 60 kg) that drive a cylinder has a radius 80 cm. The cylinder
rotates the sphere via links. Knowing that mass of cylinder and sphere are 20 kg and 15 kg respectively. The
radius of the sphere is 50 cm. The mass of the links m1 = m2 = 0.5 kg. The lengths of the links are l1 = l2 = 0.5 m.
The two springs have equal stiffness of 300 N/m. Using the equivalent system method, Find equivalent mass and
equivalent stiffness of the system at point x.

Fig. 1

2) Find the equivalent mass and equivalent stiffness of the system shown in Fig. 2, at point x.

Fig. 2

3) Fig. 3 shows a system that consists of bell crank lever, rolling sphere and a mass connected by two springs as
shown; knowing that mass of sphere is 60 kg and its radius 20 cm, crank lever moment of inertia 15 kg.m2, l1=1m,
l2=1.5 l1, the hinged mass is 7 kg. The two springs have equal stiffness of 1500 N/m. For the pervious data, Find
equivalent mass and equivalent stiffness of the system at point x.

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 Mechanical Department
Course Name: Mechanical Vibration
Sheet 1 Couse Code: ENG 222 &ENG 148

Fig. 3
4) A hoisting drum, carrying a steel wire rope, is mounted at the end of a cantilever beam as shown in Fig. 4.
Determine the equivalent spring constant of the system when the suspended length of the wire rope is l. Assume
that the net cross-sectional diameter of the wire rope is d and the young’s modulus of the beam, and the wire rope
is E.

Fig. 4
5) A hinged rigid bar of length l is connected by two springs of stiffnesses and is subjected to a force F as shown
in Fig.5. Assuming that the angular displacement of the bar is small, find the equivalent spring constant of the
system that relates the applied force F to the resulting displacement x.

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 Mechanical Department
Course Name: Mechanical Vibration
Sheet 1 Couse Code: ENG 222 &ENG 148

Fig. 5
6) A mass of 30 kg (shown in Fig.6) is hung from a spring of stiffness k= 2.5 ˟105 N/m, which is attached to an
aluminum beam (E = 71˟ 109 N/m2, ρ= 2.7˟ 103 kg/m3) of moment of inertia I= 3.5˟ 10–8 m4 and of length 35 cm.
The beam is supported at its free end and by a circular aluminum cable of diameter 1 mm and length 30 cm.
Determine the equivalent stiffness of the assembly and write the differential equation governing in the motion of
the mass.

Fig. 6
7) Consider a system of two springs, with stiffnesses k1 and k2 arranged in parallel as shown in Fig.7. The rigid
bar to which the two springs are connected remains horizontal when the force F is zero. Determine the equivalent
spring constant of the system that relates the force applied (F) to the resulting displacement (x) as F= ke x

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 Mechanical Department
Course Name: Mechanical Vibration
Sheet 1 Couse Code: ENG 222 &ENG 148

Fig. 7
8) Consider a system of two dampers, with damping constants and arranged in parallel as shown in Fig. 8. The
rigid bar to which the two dampers are connected remains horizontal when the force F is zero. Determine the
equivalent damping constant of the system ceq that relates the force applied (F) to the resulting velocity (v) as
F=ceq v. Hint: Because the damping constants of the two dampers are different and the distances and are not the
same, the rigid bar will not remain horizontal when the force F is applied.

Fig. 8
9) A massless bar of length 1 m is pivoted at one end and subjected to a force F at the other end. Two translational
dampers, with damping constants c1=10Ns/m and c2=15 Ns/m are connected to the bar as shown in Fig.9.
Determine the equivalent damping constant ceq, of the system so that the force F at point A can be expressed as
F=ceq v where v is the linear velocity of point A.

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 Mechanical Department
Course Name: Mechanical Vibration
Sheet 1 Couse Code: ENG 222 &ENG 148

Fig. 9
10) Find an expression for the equivalent translational damping constant of the system shown in Fig. 10 so that the force F
can be expressed as F=ceq v where v is the velocity of the rigid bar A.

Fig. 10

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