VIBRATIONS FOR GATE

Prepared by
Bala Murali. Gunji
Assistant professor (Sr.)
VIT, vellore
Syllabus

Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree of

freedom systems, effect of damping; vibration isolation;
resonance; critical speeds of shafts.
BASIC TERMINOLOGY IN VIBRATIONS

Oscillating Motions
• The study of vibrations is concerned with the oscillating motion
of elastic bodies and the force associated with them.

• All bodies possessing mass and elasticity are capable of

vibrations.

• Most engineering machines and structures experience

vibrations to some degree and their design generally requires
consideration of their oscillatory motions.

• Oscillatory systems can be broadly characterized as linear or

nonlinear.
Linear systems :

The principle of superposition holds Mathematical technique

available for their analysis are well developed.
Nonlinear systems :

• The principle of superposition doesn't hold

• The technique for the analysis of the nonlinear systems are

under development (or less well known) and difficult to apply.

• All systems tend to become nonlinear with increasing

amplitudes of oscillations.
• There are two general classes of vibrations– free and forced.

Superposition of Waves
According to the principle of superposition. The resultant
displacement of a number of waves in a medium at a particular
point is the vector sum of the individual displacements produced by
each of the waves at that point.
Let us say two waves are travelling alone and the displacements of
any element of these two waves can be represented by y1(x, t)
and y2(x, t). When these two waves overlap, the resultant
displacement can be given as y(x,t).

Mathematically, y (x, t) = y1(x, t) + y2(x, t)