DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT
Course: MEG 505.1 – Mechanical Vibration & Noise Exam Session: 2018/2019 Time: 2hrs 15 mins
Instructions: Attempt all questions. Programmable calculators are not allowed.
The answers to Section A should be written in the spaces provided while Section B should be solved in the Exam
answer booklet provided. Section A is for 1 hour 15 mins while Section B is for 1 hour.

Mat. No.: ………………………………………………….. Name: ………………………………………………………………………………….

SECTION A: Subjective
1. Vibration can be defined as: ………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………….

2. A forced-damped linear oscillator has (a) ……………………….. (b) ……………………….. (c) ……………………….. (d)
………………………..

3. The equation of motion of a linear undamped mass-spring system is ……………………………………………….. and the general
solution for the displacement is ………………………………………………………………………………..

4. Assuming the mass and spring stiffness of Q3 above are 0.5 [kg] and 0.2 [N/mm], then (a) natural frequency =
…………… [rad/s] and (b) displacement after 1 second = ……………… [m] if the initial conditions are = 5[cm] and = 0 [m/s].

5. Logarithmic decrement can be defined as …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………………………………… and it is a function of ……………………………………………

6. Derive the equation of motion of the 2-DOF in Figure 1 (a) …………………………………………………………………………………. and
(b) ………………………………………………………………………………

7. The expressions for the natural frequencies in Figure 1 are: (a) …………………………………… and (b)
………………………………………

8. Differentiate between a lumped system and a continuous system: ……………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

9. The general solution for transverse vibration of a beam is …………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

10. Assuming a beam has a clamped-clamped boundary condition, the equations relating the constants in the spatial
solution are: (a) ……………………………………………………………… and (b) …………………………………………………………………………

11. Two sources of nonlinearity are: (a) …………………………………………………… and (b) ………………………………………………………..

12. What do you understand by secular term in perturbation methods ………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

13. Using the energy balance method, derive the natural frequency for is: ……………………………..

14. Using the energy balance method, derive the natural frequency for is: ……………………………..

15. Assuming the initial amplitude is 60 degrees the frequency in Q13 is ………………………. and in Q14 is ……………………….

Figure 1
Course: MEG 505.1 – Mechanical Vibration & Noise Exam Session: 2018/2019 Time: 2hrs 15 mins
Instructions: Attempt all questions. Programmable calculators are not allowed.
The answers to Section A should be written in the spaces provided while Section B should be solved in the Exam
answer booklet provided. Section A is for 1 hour 15 mins while Section B is for 1 hour.

SECTION B: Essay
Question 1
Using the 2-DOF vibration model shown in Figure 2
a) Draw the free body diagram showing the forces acting on each mass.
b) Derive the EOMs of the masses.
c) Assuming and , derive the expressions for the natural frequencies.
d) If the conditions in (c) above remain satisfied determine the modal matrix when and .

Figure 2

Question 2
a) What is sound? How does sound differ from noise?
b) Explain is physical terms why the speed of sound depends on the medium of propagation.
c) What is a decibel? Write the mathematical expression for calculating decibel.
d) A sound is made up of five sound pressures sources measured as 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 dB. Calculate
the dB-value of the sound. Hint: Use the formula below.

where is the sound pressure level (in decibels) of the individual sound sources.