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Chapter 19, Solution 5.

Simple Harmonic Motion

(a) x = xm sin (ω nt + φ )

k 9000 lb/ft
ωn = =
m ( 70 lb ) ( 32.2 lb/s2 )
= 64.343 rad/s
2π
τn = = 0.90765 s
ωn

τ n = 0.0977 s !
1
fn = = 10.240 Hz
τn

f n = 10.24 Hz !

(b) At t = 0: x0 = 0, x&0 = v0 = 10 ft/s

x0 = 0 = xm sin (ω n ( 0 ) + φ ) ⇒ φ = 0

x&0 = v0 = xmω n cos (ω n ( 0 ) + φ ) = xmω n

Substituting 10 ft/s = xm 64.343 rad/s

or xm = 0.1554 ft = 1.865 in.

xm = 1.865 in. !

am = xmω n2 = ( 0.15542 ft )( 64.343 rad/s )

2

= 643.4 ft/s 2

am = 643 ft/s 2 !

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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