Faculty of Engineering Semester Spring 2021 Mid-Term Examination

Course Code: MEN4234 Course Title: Mechanical Vibrations

Exam Date: 20-05-2021 Duration: 1.5 hours
Teacher: Hurair Tariq Maximum Marks: 20

Note:
• Attempt all questions. Answers without proper unit will be penalized.
• Use cam scanner to scan your work. Your exam paper should be a SINGLE pdf file. No separate
files accepted. Your pdf file should not be more than 5MB.
• You have to upload your exam on MICROSOFT TEAMS only.
• Incase you are unable to upload your exam on MS TEAMS, you can email me your exam at
hurair.tariq@ucp.edu.pk with 0.5 Marks deduction in your mid exam paper.

NAME: ROLL NO.: Section:

QUESTION NO 1: [CLO 1 – C3] (12 Marks)

Determine the values of ζ and ωd of the viscously damped systems shown below where m =
5 kg, c = 50 Ns/m and k = 500 N/m. Also determine the free-vibration response of this system
when initial displacement is 0.2m and initial velocity is zero.

QUESTION NO 2: [CLO 3 – C4] (8 Marks)

The graph shown below is the response of a linear vibrating system. Analyze the response
of the system (i.e. explain whether it is the response of a free/forced/damped/undamped/
random/deterministic vibration. Is the response of the system stable/unstable?)
Also find, if possible, the values of ζ and ωd of the system. (If not possible, explain why?)