June-2019 PG Examinations

USN
18MST21
®
RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
II Semester Master of Technology (Structural Engineering)
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
1. Answer FIVE full questions selecting one from each unit.
2. Each unit consisting of two questions of 20 marks each.

UNIT-1

1 a Distinguish between free vibration and forced vibration. Support your

answers with relevant equations and sketches using spring mass
system. 08
b Compute the natural frequency and natural time period for the system
shown in Fig 1b. Take 4500 / .

Fig 1b 12

OR

2 a Differentiate between various types of damping. 10

b Derive the differential equation for a damped free vibration of
system and hence obtain the expression for response of under damped
system. 10

UNIT-2

3 a Obtain an expression for steady state response of a damped

system subjected to Harmonic excitation sin 14
b A steel rigid frame supports a motor which exerts a horizontal force of
40,000 15 at girder level. Assuming 4% critical damping, Evaluate
the steady state amplitude of vibration ( 1000 10 ! " ,
21 10$% / refer Fig 3b.

Fig 3b 06
 OR

4 a Determine the dynamic load factor for an undamped single degree of

freedom system subjected to a rectangular impulse using Duhamel’s
Integral (Fig 4a).

Fig 4a 10
b A system consists of a mass of 20'(, a spring of stiffness
2200 / and a dashpot with a damping constant of 60 * / . The
system is subjected to harmonic excitation of
200 31.4 . Compute the magnification factor. 10

UNIT-3

5 a Develop an expression for fundamental frequency of flexural vibration

of Rayleigh’s method. 10
b Determine the natural frequency for a uniform simply supported beam
subjected to free vibration. 10

OR

6 Determine the natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes of

the system shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 20

UNIT-4

7 a Illustrate the assumptions in multistorey shear building and explain

what is a shear building. 04
b Determine the natural frequencies and mode shape for the structure
shown in Fig 7b. 5 10, "
, 2.5 10" / .

Fig 7b 16
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8 Obtain the steady state response of the shear building when a force
30,000 16 , -$ 5000'(, - 4000'(, $ 4 10. /
as shown in Fig.8.

Fig 8. 20

UNIT-5

9 a Derive the differential equation of motion for free flexural vibration of

beam. 10
b Obtain expression for natural frequencies and mode shapes for a
simply supported beam. 10

OR

10 a Distinguish between discrete and continuous systems. 04

b Obtain the expressions for frequencies and mode shapes of a cantilever
beam. 16