Vibration Absorber

The first passive damping

technique we will learn!

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 For a 2-DOF System
• For the shown 2-DOF
system, the equations
of motion may be
written as:
Mx  Kx  f
 f1 
• Where: f  
 f2 

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 For Harmonic Excitation
• We may write the  f1Cos1t 
equation for each of Mx  Kx   
 0 
the excitation
frequency in the form  0 
Mx  Kx   
 f 2Cos 2t 
of:

• Then we may add

both solutions!

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 Consider the first force
• We may write the 1
equation in the form: Mx  Kx    f1Cost 
0

• And the solution in  x1 

x   Cos t 
the form:  x2 

• Which will give:  x1 

x    Cos t    2 x
2

 x2 

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 The equation of motion becomes
   2 m1 0  k1  k 2  k 2   x1   f1 
       
   m2    k 2
2
k 2   x2   0 
 0
• Get x1() and find out when does it equal
to zero!

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 Using the Dynamic Stiffness
Matrix
• Writing down the dynamic stiffness matrix:
  2 m1  K1  K 2  K2   x1   f1 
     
  K2   m2  K 2   x2   0 
2

Getting the inverse:

  2 m2  K 2 K2 
 
 x1   K2   m1  K1  K 2 
2
 f1 
x  
 
 2    m1  K1  K 2   m2  K 2  K 2
2 2 2
 0
 

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 Obtaining the Solution
• Multiply the inverse by the right-hand-side
 x1  1    2

m2  K 2 f1  
 x   m m  4  m K  K   m K  2  K K  
 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2  K 2 f1 

• For the first degree of freedom:

x1 
  m
 K 2 f1
2
2  0
m1m2  m2 K1  K 2   m1 K 2   K1 K 2
4 2

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 Vibration Absorber
• For the first degree of freedom to be
stationary, i.e. x1=0
• The excitation frequency have to satisfy:
K2

m2
• Note that this frequency is equal to the
natural frequency of the auxiliary spring-
mass system alone
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 Vibration absorber

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 Vibration absorber

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 Homework #2
• Repeat the example of this lecture using
f2=f3=0 and f1=1 AND f1=f2=0 and f3=1
• Plot the response of each mass for each
of the excitation functions
• Comment on the results in the lights of
your understanding of the concept of
vibration absorber

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 Homework #2 (cont’d)
• Use modal decomposition
(diagonalization) to obtain the same
results.

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