Department of Mechanical Engineering ME 3323: Mechanical Vibrations Spring 2014 Home Work # 1

Name:___________________________________________ Section:_______________ Date assigned: Jan 20 th, 2014 Due date: Jan 27th, 2014

Problems from class-room lecture

Problem 1 (20 points) Figure 1 shows a horizontal force acting on a

lever that is attached to two springs. Assume that the resulting motion of the springs is small enough to be only horizontal. (a) Determine the equivalent spring stiffness that relates the applied force f to the resulting displacement x (Hint see posted example problem on BB)

Figure 1. Lever System

Problem 2 (20 points) Problem 2.6 from Vibrations, Balachandran

and Magrab, pp 61.

Problem 3 (20 points) (15 points) Problem 2.12 from Vibrations,

Balachandran and Magrab, pp 63

Problem 4 (20 points) Problem 2.15 from Vibrations,

Balachandran and Magrab, pp 63

Problem 5 (20 points) Problem 2.18 from Vibrations,

Balachandran and Magrab, pp 64