Mechanical vibration

Dr/ Mohamed Farghal Eng. Othman Ahmed

MEC 341
Faculty of Engineering and Technology Date: 15/4/2020
Sheet( 5) Multi Degrees of Freedom

1- A two-mass system consists of a piston of mass m1

connected by two elastic springs, which moves inside a tube
as shown in Fig. 1. A pendulum of length l and end mass
m2 is connected to the piston as shown in Fig. 1. Derive the
equations of motion of the system.

Fig. 1
2- An overhead traveling crane can be modeled as
indicated in Fig. 2. Assuming that the girder has a
span of 40 m, an area moment of inertia (I) of 0.02
m4 and a modulus of elasticity (E) of 2.06x1011
N/m2, the trolley has a mass m1 of 1000 kg, the
load being lifted has a mass m2 of 5000 kg, and the
cable through which the mass m2 is lifted has a
stiffness (k) of 3x105 N/m, determine the natural
frequencies and mode shapes of the system.

Fig. 2

3- Set up the differential equations of motion for the double

pendulum shown in Fig. 3. Find the natural frequencies and the
ratios of amplitudes of vibration when m1 = m2 = m and l1 = l2
= l.

Fig. 3

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Dr/ Mohamed Farghal Eng. Othman Ahmed
MEC 341
Faculty of Engineering and Technology Date: 15/4/2020

4- A machine tool, having a mass of m=1000 kg and a

mass moment of inertia of J0=300 kg.m2 is
supported on elastic supports, as shown in Fig. 4. If
the stiffness's of the supports are given by k1=3000
N/mm and k2=2000 N/mm, and the supports are
located at l1=0.5 m and l2=0.8 m, find the natural
frequencies and mode shapes of the machine tool.

Fig. 4

5- Two subway cars of Fig. 5 have 2000 kg mass of each and are connected by a coupler.
The coupler can be modeled as a spring of stiffness of k=280,000 N/m. Write the equation of
motion and calculate the natural frequencies and mode shapes.

Fig. 5
6- An electric motor, having an unbalance of 2 kg-
cm, is mounted at the end of a steel cantilever beam,
as shown in Fig.6. The beam is observed to vibrate
with large amplitudes at the operating speed of 1500
rpm of the motor. It is proposed to add a vibration
absorber to reduce the vibration of the beam.
Determine the ratio of the absorber mass to the mass
of the motor needed in order to have the lower
frequency of the resulting system equal to 75
percent of the operating speed of the motor. If the
mass of the motor is 300 kg, determine the
stiffness and mass of the absorber. Also find the
amplitude of vibration of the absorber mass

Fig.6

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Dr/ Mohamed Farghal Eng. Othman Ahmed
MEC 341
Faculty of Engineering and Technology Date: 15/4/2020

7-An electric motor, of mass 20 kg and operating speed 1350 rpm, is placed on a fixed-
fixed steel beam of width 15 cm and depth 12 cm, as shown in Fig. 11. The motor has a
rotating unbalance of 0.1 kg.m. The amplitude of vibration of the beam under steady-state
operation of the motor is suppressed by attaching an undamped vibration absorber
underneath the motor, as shown in Fig. 7. Determine the mass and stiffness of the absorber
such that the amplitude of the absorber mass is less than 2 cm.

Fig. 7

8-Derive the equations of motion for each of the following systems.

Figure 8.a

Figure 8.b
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Dr/ Mohamed Farghal Eng. Othman Ahmed
MEC 341
Faculty of Engineering and Technology Date: 15/4/2020

Figure 8.c Figure 8.d

Figure 8.e Figure 8.f

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Dr/ Mohamed Farghal Eng. Othman Ahmed
MEC 341
Faculty of Engineering and Technology Date: 15/4/2020

Figure 8.g

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Mechanical vibration
Dr/ Mohamed Farghal Eng. Othman Ahmed
MEC 341
Faculty of Engineering and Technology Date: 15/4/2020