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Figure 1
b) Central Jimma Hotel needs a diving board be designed for its swimming pool. A
principle sketch of the board is given in Fig. 2. For the preliminary design, the
board can be modelled as a thin, uniform rigid plate with mass mb and length L.
It can be assumed that the board is pinned at end point O. The board oscillates
due to the spring (stiffness k), which also includes the elastic response of the
board, attached to the board as shown. The mass of the diver can be modelled
as a point mass of mass md located at the end of the board. Use energy method
and show that the oscillation motion of the board can be given by the following
differential equation.
&
+ =0
1
+ + &
3 *
md L
mb O
Rigid end
k support
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Assignment 2
Use Lagrangian equation and derive the differential equations describing the motion
of the masses given in the two cases below.