ASSIGNMENT-1

1. Find the natural frequency of the system in Fig. 1. The bar AB is massless
and rigid.

Fig. 1
2. A spring mass system has maximum velocity 20 cm/s and time period 1 sec. If the initial
displacement 1 cm, determine (a) the amplitude, (b) the initial velocity, (c) the maximum
acceleration, and (d) the phase angle.
3. A spring mass has a natural frequency of 12 Hz. If the spring stiffness is reduced by 1000 N/m,
the frequency is altered by 50%. For the original system, determine the mass and the spring
stiffness.
4. A diver weighing 90 kg. stands at the end of a cantilever diving board of span 1 m. The diver
oscillates at a frequency of 2 Hz. What is the flexural rigidity EI of the diving board?