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Lecture 6 Alternative Representation 2 August 2016

and Logarithmic Decrement
(INMAN pp. 156-163)

Alternative representation

f t F0 cos(t ) Re F0e jt

xt Re A0e j t
Im

m2A
cA0

F0
t
kA0
Re

(also see Inman Figure 2.11 p. 157)

The force balance that is represented here is:

m 2 A0 cos( t ) cA0 sin( t ) kA0 cos( t ) F0 cos(t )
Inertial force + damping force + spring force = forcing function

Logarithmic decrement (Inman p. 72-75)

Look at the under-damped solution:

xt Aent sin d t

The next consecutive peaks amplitude is::

A, Ae nt1 , Ae nt 2 , Ae nt3 ,
Now define the logarithmic decrement, , as

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 xt Ae wn t
ln ln ln e n d
xt d Aewn t d

2 2
n
1 2 1 2
n

xt
ln
4 2 2 xt d

Beats (Inman p. 136, 137)

Consider the solution:

xt cos t cos nt
fo
2
2
n

that can be rewritten as:

n
xt
2 fo
sin n t sin t

2
n
2
2 2
with the beat frequency as:
beat n -

Swewinge
2

1.5

0.5
x(t)

-0.5

-1

-1.5

-2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Tyd [s]

HOMEWORK INMAN: 2.35.

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