R19 SET- S 7 R

1. a. What is the formula for free vibration response?

b. Define damping.
c. Write short notes on D’Alembert’s principle.
d. Define critical damping.
e. What is meant by two degree of freedom and multi degree of freedom system?
f. Write the characteristic equation for free vibration of undamped system

PART- B

2. A vertical cable 3m long has a cross-sectional area of 4 cm 2 supports a weight of 50 kN. What
will be the natural period and natural frequency of the system? E=2.1×10 6 kg/cm2.
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3. Determine the natural frequency of a steel frame shown in figure. The mass of the columns
and walls are negligible.

4. Derive the following equations for single degree of freedom system with damping.
(i) Critical damping
(ii) Under damping
(iii) Over damping

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5. For a single degree of freedom a mass is 100 kg and stiffness is 40000 N/m. If the system is at
rest when an excitation FT=10 Cos 10t. Determine an expression for the resulting motion.

6. Form the equation of motion and determine the frequencies of given structure.

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7. A cantilever bar is to be modelled by a massless uniform bar to which are attached with two
lumped masses representing the mass of original system as K=2AE/L and m=ρ AL. Determine
the natural frequencies and the normal modes of this model.