Professional Documents
Culture Documents
assignment 3 2019 - 合并
assignment 3 2019 - 合并
Assignment 3 2019
Assignment-3-2020 AV - Assignment-3-2020 AV
Advanced Vibrations
MECHENG 4105/7030
School of Mechanical
Engineering
Assignment 3 - 2020
This assignment is due 11:59 pm Sunday 7th June, 2020.
Please submit it online.
Late submission incurs a 5 marks penalty per day (including the weekend).
1. An aluminium beam with E=70 GPa, ρ=2700 kg/m3, h = 0.01 m, L/h=110, b/h =4, A=b*h,
I=1/12*b*h3 is shown in the below figure; b is the width of the beam
a) Please obtain the first four natural frequencies of the following clamped-free beam.
[30 marks]
c) If the boundary conditions were changed to clamped-pinned, would you expect to obtain
lower natural frequencies compared to the clamped-free case? [10 marks]
Figure 1
y
m3
k c
z
ω m2
m1 r
Figure 2
Advanced Vibrations
MECHENG 4105/7030
School of Mechanical
Engineering
Assignment 3 - 2021
This assignment is due 5:00 pm Wednesday 3rd Nov, 2021.
Please submit it online.
Late submission incurs a 5 marks penalty per day (including the weekend).
1. The frequency of an ambient vibration is 8 Hz. The resonance of a vibration-based energy harvester occurs at 6
Hz. Please suggest two techniques to match these two for an optimal operation condition of the energy harvesting
device.
[10 marks]
2. In the equation of motion of a pipe conveying fluid there are two terms usually responsible for unexpected
vibration behaviour; what are those terms and what are their effects on the behaviour of the system?
[10 marks]
3. For a clamped-pinned steel beam with E=210 GPa, ρ=7800 kg/m3, h = 0.06 m, L/h=100, b/h =3, A=b*h, and
I=1/12*b*h3 :
c) If the boundary conditions were changed to pinned-pinned, do you expect to obtain lower values for
natural frequencies or higher values? [10 marks]
Figure 1
4. There are two pinned-pinned beams with the following equations of motion. What is the ratio between their first
natural frequencies? [10 marks]
Consider: 2 = 0.4 1 , E2 = 2.5E1 , A2 = 5A1 , and I2 = 8I1
2w 4w
Beam 1: 1 A1 2 + E1I1 4 = f1 cos ( 1t )
t x
w
2
4w
Beam 2: 2 A2 2 + E2I2 4 = f2 cos ( 2t )
t x
a) What type of dominant nonlinearity does the system have (the x axis is the frequency of an external
excitation divided by the natural frequency and the y axis is the vibration amplitude)?
b) Does the vibration behaviour involve jumps?
[10+5 marks]
Figure 2
Figure 1: Mode 1
Figure 2: Mode 2
Figure 3: Mode 3
Assignment 3 - 2022
This assignment is due 5:00 pm Thursday 3rd Nov, 2022.
Please submit it online.
Late submission incurs a 5 marks penalty per day (including the weekend).
1. Please determine the oscillation response of the fixed-fixed string shown below. At time t =0, the string is
pulled out by the functions W0 (x) and then let go (initial velocity is zero).
[25 marks]
𝑾𝟎 (𝒙)
𝑾𝟎 (𝒙) = 𝑷𝒔𝒊𝒏(𝟐𝝅𝒙/𝑳)
𝑷
𝟑𝑳/𝟒 𝑳
𝟎 𝒙
𝑳/𝟒 𝑳/𝟐
Figure 1
2. For a clamped-clamped steel beam with E=210 GPa, ρ=7800 kg/m3, h = 0.10 m, L/h=50, b/h =5,
A=b*h, and I=1/12*b*h3 :
h
0
Figure 2
3. The frequency of an ambient vibration is 10 Hz. The resonance of a vibration-based energy harvesteroccurs at
15 Hz. Please suggest two techniques to match these two for an optimal operating condition of the device.
[10 marks]
4. (a) There are two simply-supported plates with the following properties. What is the ratio between their first
natural frequencies (𝜔11)?
(b) Please draw the mode shapes related to 𝜔13, 𝜔31 and 𝜔33 for any simply-supported plate.
[10+5 marks]
5. In the equation of motion of a pipe conveying fluid there are two terms usually responsible for unexpected
vibration behaviour; what are those terms and what are their effects on the behaviour of the system?
[10 marks]
6. The frequency-response curve of a system is shown below.
a) What type of dominant nonlinearity does the system have (the x- axis is the frequency of an external
excitation divided by the natural frequency and the y-axis is the vibration amplitude)?
b) Does the vibration behaviour involve jumps? Please explain.
[10+5 marks]
Figure 3
Assignment 3 - 2023
This assignment is due 6:00 pm Tuesday 31st Oct, 2023.
Please submit it online.
Late submission incurs a 5 marks penalty per day (including the weekend).
1. Propose two methods to match a 4 Hz ambient vibration with a vibration-based energy harvester with the
resonance occurs at 2.5 Hz.
[10 marks]
a) What type of dominant nonlinearity does this system have (the x axis is the frequency of an external
excitation divided by the natural frequency and the y axis is the vibration amplitude)?
b) Does the vibration behavior involve jumps? Please explain.
[10+5 marks]
3. There are two simply-supported beam with the following equations of motion. What is the ratio between their
first natural frequencies?
2w 4w
Beam 1: 1 A1 E I
1 1 f1 cos(1t )
t 2 x 4
2w 4w
Beam 2: 2 A2 E2 I 2 4 f 2 cos(2t )
t 2
x
[15 marks]
4. Please obtain the boundary condition equations for the system shown below. The left-end of the beam has an
attached point-mass m1, and a spring with k1 as the stiffness coefficient. The right-end has an attached point-mass
m2, a damper c1, and a spring kt.
[20 marks]
kt
m1 m2
k1 Beam, ρ, E, A, I c1
x=0 x=L
Figure 1
5. For a spring-pinned steel beam with E = 210 GPa, ρ = 7800 kg/m3, h = 0.05 m, L/h = 100, b/h = 5, A = b*h and I
= 1/12*b*h3:
b) If the boundary conditions were changed to pinned-pinned, do you expect to obtain lower values for natural
frequencies or higher values?
[30+10 marks]
ρ, E, A, I
h
Figure 2