de Silva, Clarence W.

Answers to Numerical Problems

Vibration: Fundamentals and Practice
Clarence W. de Silva
Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC, 2000

Answers to Numerical Problems

CHAPTER 2
2.22 keq = 3EI/l 3; meq = 33m/140
2.31 (d) 2.75 102 rads1, 0.564. Yes, at 2.27 102 rads1

CHAPTER 3
3.5
3.7
3.12
3.16
3.18

(c) 6.455 103 Nsm1

(d) (i) r > 2 , (ii) r > 1.73, 1.964, 2.871, 3.77, 7.075; (e) Yes
(c) 1.0, 2 , 1 2
(c) 1.0, 2 , 1 2
(a) 0.55 j 1.6424

CHAPTER 4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.6
4.14

b
c
1
0.31, 72, 0.10, 0.29, 2.7 dB
(i) 10 samples/s; (ii) 102.4 s; (iii) 1024 complex values. First and last 512 give the same
values; (iv) 512; (v) 0.01 Hz; (vi) 5 Hz; (vii) 400; (viii) 4 Hz

4.15 1.0, 1

0.875 ,

3, 1

0.3974 ,

(8 3) ,

4.20 (ii) Meaningless; (iii) 2 decades; (iv) 1/2 octave; (v) No dimensions
4.21 180 Hz; 450 Hz; 1200 Hz; 20 Hz20 kHz; Problem dependent

CHAPTER 5
5.8 (b) (0,7/6), unstable; (, 5/6), unstable; (/3, 4/3), stable
5.14 (c) 0 = 1.0 rads1, 1 = 0.765367 rads1, 2 = 1.847759 rads1; 1 = 0.25 cos1t +
0.75 cos2t; 2 =

2 4 cos1t 3 2 4 cos2t

CHAPTER 6
6.12 (a) 8.0 1010 Nm2; (b) Steel
6.25 0.8603336 l

(G ) , sin 0.8603336x/l

CHAPTER 7
7.7
7.8
7.9
7.13
7.14

(a) 0.08
(b) 0.045
(b) 0.08
0 to 2.06 107 Nm1
(b) (i) 50.6 rads1, 0.1; (ii) 1.5 cm; (iii) 50.1 rads1, 10.02 rads1

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CHAPTER 8
8.4
8.5
8.11
8.18
8.20
8.26

(b) 0.99%
(d) 0.09; (e) 6.25 104 Nm1 to 25.0 104 Nm1
1000 Hz
100.0 s
(a) 98.37% to 99.99%; (c) 170 Hz
144.0, 5.9%

CHAPTER 9
9.2
9.3
9.6
9.16
9.20

(b) 44.5 Mbitss1

7.5 V, 14 V
31.8 kHz, 5 s
(a) 3600 rpm, 15
1%

CHAPTER 10
10.2
10.8
10.11
10.15
10.17

Directions 1, 2, 3, or 4
(a) 2000 Hz; (b) 80 Hz; (c) 50 Hz; (d) 2000 Hz; (e) 500 Hz; (f) 40 Hz
(i) 21/3; (iii) Two; (iv) 1/2
(c) 4.6 g, 30.0 rads1; (d) 0.23 cms1; 653.3 rads1
(c) (i) 25 Hz, 80 g; 50 Hz, 160 g; (ii) 3.2 cm, 160 g; (iii) 3.2 cm, 3.0 ms1; 29 g; 23 g

CHAPTER 11
11.5
11.6
11.8
11.16

(b) 20 dB/decade; (c) 20 dB/decade

(a) 0.356 Hz; (b) 0.355 Hz
0.023, 0.038
1.0 rads1, 0.2

CHAPTER 12
12.6
12.7
12.8
12.9
12.10
12.11
12.12
12.13
12.14
12.15
12.23
12.24
12.28
12.29
12.30
12.31
12.32
12.34

82.0 Ncm1, 6.1 cm

2.7 104 Nm1; 286.0 Nm1s, 38.1 rads1
3.3 105 Nm1, 7.8 103 Nm1s
3.3, 0.45
Mount 1
6.9 gm at 6.6
(b) 8.9 gm at 23
(b) Plane 1: 42.3 gm at 107; Plane 2: 18.8 gm at 121
(c) (iii) 0.4 kg, 2.6 kg
15.3 gm at 53.4
0.2
(a) 2338.6 rpm; (b) 3.376 cm; (c) 17
119.2 rads1
(a) 2430 cyclesm1, 3330 cyclesm1; (b) 2616 to 2832 rpm; (c) 2.8 103 mmN1,
18.4 103 mmN1
3.2 kg and 1.7 105 Nm1
3.33 kg, 1.184 105 Nm1, 180.4 Nsm1, 8.26/0.074
0.1
(b) 156 rads1, 2.75 kg, 1.085 104 Nm1, 58.7 Nm1s

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