MECS21: VIBRATIONS Time Allowed: Testor 75:mins. Name: | ~ : Marks: ‘Student ID: Group’ Instruction: + Answer ALL questions. ‘+ This page shall be submitted together with your answer scripts. 2 Total Figure 1{2) shows an automotive independent rear suspension of the swing-axle type. Power is transmitted from the engine through the differential gear at point A, which is fixed to the chassis. The half-axle pivots, about the fixed point 0. The shock absorber combines a spring and @ damping element. Treat the masses of the absorber and half-axle as negligible compared to the wheel tire assembly mass m. The system’s ‘equilibrium position corresponds to the axle being horizontal at @ = 0. Draw the free body diagram of the system for situation of tire is notin contact with the road surface ‘as schematically shown in Figure 1(b) (C2, CLO1-10 marks) Derive the equation of motion in terms of 8, for small values of 8. (C4, cL02-10 marks) If the equation of motion is given as mL? + cL36 + kL38 = 0, obtain the expression of the natural frequency w,, and damping ratio ¢ , of the system (C4, CL02-5 marks) lfm = 60 kg, k = 2 500 N/m, c= 100 Ns/m, L, =0.75 m, and L= 1 m, obtain the free vibration solution oft, if AO) = 0.1 rad, and 6(0) = O rad/s (C4, cL02-10 marks) Write down the MATLAB script to plot the exact solution of the free response of the above system (part iv) for S second (with 10 points per second) ? (C6, CL03-15 marks) @ 5 Figure 1 (a) Aswing-axle suspension. (b) Suspension mode.