NAME- TEJAS ARYA

ROLL NO- 2017 UME 3174

MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
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ASSIGNMENT

TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS:
When the particles of a shaft or disc move in a circle about
the axis of a shaft, then the vibrations are known as torsional
vibrations.

 FREE TORSIONAL VIBRATION OF A SINGLE ROTOR SYSTEM.

LET IB be the mass MI of single rotor at B

I = Polar M.I. of shaft.

L = Length of the shaft.

K = T/θ = CJ/l= Torsional stiffness of the shaft where θ= angular

displacement at any given instant which is harmonic in nature.

Let θ = β sin(Wt) (assume); Where β = Amplitude of vibration,

W = natural frequency of vibration of rotor.

Then considering force acting on rotor.

 By Newton’s 2nd law of motion, we can write
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I*(d2 θ/dt2) = −K θ

I.e. I*(d2 θ/dt2)+ Kθ = 0

From above equation, natural frequency of vibration.

Wn = √(K/I)

I.e. Wn= √CJ/IL

 FREE TORSIONAL VIBRATION OF A TWO ROTOR SYSTEM.

For a two rotor system,Natural frequency of torsional vibration is given by

Wn = √CJ/IL

Where C = rigidity modulus of shaft,

I = Mass M.I of rotor

J = Polar M.I of shaft, and

I = Length of node from rotor.

Two equations
for two rotor system
are:
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1) lA * LA = lB * LBand

(2) L= LA + LB

From equation (1), if IB value is large then LB value will be lesser that the
value of LA. It means that the rotor having larger mass moment of inertia
will have node closerto it.

 FREE TORSIONAL VIBRATION OF A THREE ROTOR SYSTEM.

For a given three rotor system as shown in below figure:

1. Natural frequency of torsional vibration for rotor A is given by

WA = √CJ/IALA

2. Natural frequency of torsional vibration for rotor B is given by

WB = √(CJ/IB) + (1/L1-LA) + (1/L2-LC)

3. Natural frequency of torsional vibration for rotor C is given by

 WC = √CJ/ICLC
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 TORSIONALLY EQUIVALENT SHAFT

In General, shaft comprised of multiple cross-sectional diameters with

different lengths. Sometimes it is necessary to assume the shaft as a
uniform diameter and length for some calculations such as finding the
natural frequency. In such cases, we have to replace the different cross-
section diameters with the equivalent shaft of uniform diameter

Consider a shaft of varying cross-sections as shown in below fig.

Let this shaft is replaced by

an equivalent shaft of uniform
diameter d and length l as shown figure.
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These two shafts must have the same total angle of a twist when equal
opposing torques T are applied at the opposite ends.

d1, d2 and d3 = Diameters for the lengths l1, l2 and l3 respectively,

θ1, θ2 and θ3 = Angles of twist for the lengths l1, l2 and l3 respectively,

θ = Angle of twist for the diameter d and length l,

J1, J2 and J3 = Polar moment of inertia for the shaft of diameters d1, d2
and d3 respectively.

Since the total angle of the twist of the shaft is equal to the sum of angle of
twists of the different lengths.
θ = θ1 + θ2 + θ3

Substituting θ= TL/JG in above equation and simplifying we get:

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