ME72

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NATI
ONS–SEPTEMBER2021
Program : B.
E.:Mechani
calEngineer
ing Semest
er : VII
CourseName : Mechani
calVibr
ations Max.Marks : 100
Cour
seCode : ME72 Dur
ati
on : 3Hr
s

I
nst
ruct
ionstotheCandi
dates:
 Answeranyf ivef
ull
questi
ons.
 Useofdat ahandbookispermit
ted.
 Mi ssi
ngdat
a,i
fany,maybesuit
ablyassumed.

1. a) Spl
i
tthehar
moni
cmot
ion i
ntot
wohar
moni
cmot
ionsone CO1 (
06)

havingaphaseangl eofzero&theotherof450.
b) The mot i
on ofa parti
cleisx =5si
n( t).Show the di
spl
acement,veloci
ty& CO1 (
06)
accelerationvect
orswhen(i)=0.5rad/sec (
ii
)=0.
5r ad/sec &
(i
ii
)=2r ad/sec.
c) Determi netheequati
onofmot i
onandt henatur
alf
requencyofthesy
stem shown CO1 (
08)
i
nFi g.1(c).

Fi
g.1(
c)

2. a) Dev
elopt
heFour
ierser
iesf
ort
hewav
efor
m showni
nFi
g.2(
a). CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.2(
a)

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b) Der
iveexpr
essi
onsfort
henatur
alfr
equencyofaspr i
ng-masssystem,
when: CO1 (
10)
i
) Themassofthespr
ingisnegl
ected
i
i) Themassofthespr
ingisal
sotobet akenintoaccount

3. a) Defi
nelogarithmi cdecr ement ?Derivethel ogar
it
hmi cdecr
ementi nter
msof CO2 (
10)
dampingfactorf orsuccessivecycleand‘n’ numberofcy cl
es.
b) A massof5kgi ssuppor tedonaspr i
ngofst i
ffness1960N/m.t hedashpot CO2 (
10)
att
achedtot hesy stem producesar esi
stanceof1. 96Natav el
oci
tyof1m/sec.
Determi
ne:
i
) Natural frequencyoff r
eevibrati
on.
i
i
) Dampi ngf actor.
i
i
i)Logar i
thmi cdecr ement.
i
v)Ratioofanyt wosuccessiv
eampl i
tudes.
v
) Ampl ituder atioaft
er5cycles.

4. a) Describei
nbriefdif
ferentt
ypesofdampingusedi
nmechanical
system. CO2 (
10)
b) Derivethedif
ferent
ialequati
onofmotionofthesyst
em showni n Fi
g.4(
b). CO2 (
10)
Findt heexpr
essionsf ornatur
alfr
equencyofdampedv i
brati
onanddamping
rati
o.

Fi
g.4(
b)

5. a) Writ
eanot eonv ibrati
onisol
ati
onandf orcetransmissibi
l
ity.Deri
veanex pressi
on CO3 (
10)
forforcet r
ansmissi bi
l
ityrat
io&discusst hesali
entfeaturesofTRv s.fr
equency
rat
iocur v
es.
b) Amassof10kgi ssuspendedf r
om oneendofahel i
calspring,t
heot herendis CO3 (
10)
fi
xed.Thest if
fnessofspr i
ngi s10N/ mm.Thev iscousdampi ngcausest he
ampl i
tudet odecreaset o1/10thofini
ti
alv al
ueinfourcompl et
eoscill
ati
ons.Ifa
peri
odicf orceof150cos50tNi sappliedatt hemass,det erminetheampl it
ude
andphaseangl eoft heresul
ti
ngmot i
on.Whati sit
sv al
ueatr esonance?

6. a) Di
scusst
hegener
alt
heor
yofv
ibr
ati
onmeasur
ingi
nst
rument
s.Usi
ngt
hecur
ves CO3 (
10)

of ,obt
aint
he condi
ti
on f
orusi
ng i
tas a Vi
bromet
er&

Acceler
omet er
.
b) A discofmass4 kg i smount ed midwaybet ween bear
ingswhich maybe CO3 (
10)
assumedt obesi mplesuppor
ts.Thebearingspani s480mm.Thest eelshaft
whichishor i
zontali
s9mm i ndiameterandr ot
atesat760r pm.Thecenterof
gravi
tyi
sdi spl
aced3mm f r
om thegeometriccenter
.Taki
ngdampingcoeffi
cient
as49N- sec/m andEas200Gpa, det
erminethedynamicloadonthebeari
ngs.

7. a) Determi ne t
he fr
equency equati
on forthe sy
stem as shown i
n Fi
g.7(
a),i
f CO4 (
10)
k1=k2=k3=k,m1=m2=m,r
1=r
2=r,andJ1=J2=J.

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Fig.
7(a)
.
b) Anair
foi
lofmassm issuspendedbyali
nearspri
ngofstif
fnessKandat orsional CO4 (
10)
spr
ingofst
if
fnessKt,
inawindtunnel
,asshowninFig.7(
b) .TheC.Gislocatedat
adist
anceofef r
om poi
ntO.Themassmomentofi nert
iaoft heai
rf
oilaboutan
axi
spassi
ngthroughpoi
ntOisI.Fi
ndthenatur
alfr
equenciesoftheair
foil
.

Fi
g.7(
b).

8. a) Anautomobi l
ewei ghs2000N andhasawheelbaseof3met ers.It
sc. g.is CO4 (
10)
l
ocated1.4m behi ndthefrontwheelaxi
sandhasar adi
usofgy r
ationaboutits
6
c.
g.as1.1m.Thef rontspr
ingshaveacombinedst
if
fnessof6X10 N/ m andrear
spr
ings6.5X106 N/m.Findtheprinci
palmodeofvi
brat
ionoftheautomobile,and
l
ocatethenodal point
sforeachmode.
b) Deri
vethef r
equencyequat ionforthesyst
em asshowni nFig.
8(b).Obtainthe CO4 (
10)
nat
uralfr
equenciesandmodeshapes.

Fi
g.8(
b)

9. a) Def
inei
nfl
uencecoef
fi
cientandst
ateandpr
oveMaxwel
l
’sr
eci
procal
theor
em. CO5 (
10)

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b) Det
ermi
net
hei
nfl
uencecoef
fi
cient
soft
het
ri
plependul
um showni
nFi
g.9(
b). CO5 (
10)

Fi
g.9(
b)

10. UsingHolzer’
smet hod,findthef
undament
alnat ur
alfr
equencyoft
hesyst
em as CO5 (
20)
2 2 2
shownint heFig.
10.AssumeJ1=J2=10Kg- m, J3=5Kg-
m , J4=20Kg-m andkt1=
5X104N-m/ r
ad,kt2=kt3=10X104N-
m/rad.

Fi
g.10

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EXAMI
NATIONSSEPTEMBER/OCTOBER2020
SUPPLEMENTARYSEMESTER/GRADEIMPROVEMENT/RE
–REGI
STEREDCANDI
DATES
Program : B.
E.:Mechani
calEngi
neer
ing Semest
er : VII
CourseName : Mechani
calVi
brati
ons Max.Marks : 100
Cour
seCode : ME 72/ME703 Dur
ati
on : 3Hr
s
I
nst
ruct
ionstotheCandidat
es:
 Answeronef ul
lquesti
onfr
om eachunit.
 Useofdat ahandbookispermi
tted.
 Mi ssi
ngdata,i
fany,
maybesuitablyassumed.

UNIT-I
1. a) Addt
hef
oll
owingharmonicsanaly
tical
l
yandcheckthesolut
iongraphi
cal
l
y: CO1 (
10)
X1=3si ωt+300)X2=4cos(
n( ωt+100)
b) Fi
ndt
heFour
ierser
iesforthesaw-t
oothcurv
easshowni nFig.
1(b) CO1 (
10)

2. a) Det er
minethenat
uralfrequencyofaspr
ingmasssy stem wherethemassofthe CO1 (
08)
springisal
sotobetakeni nt
oaccount
.
b) Findt henat
uralf
requencyoft hesi
ngl
edegreefreedom system showni
nFig.2 CO1 (
12)
(b).TherodAOBoft hesystem i
sli
ght
,st
rai
ghtandstif
f.

UNI T-II
3. a) Definelogarithmi cdecr ement ?Der ivethel ogari
thmicdecrementi
ntermsof CO2 (
10)
dampi ngfactorf orsuccessi v
ecy cleand‘n’numberofcy cl
es.
b) Aspr ingmassdampersy stem ishav ingamassof10kgandaspr i
ngofsuch CO2 (
10)
sti
ffnesswhi chcausesast aticdeflecti
onof5mm.t heamplit
udeofvi
brat
ion
t
h
reducesto¼ t hei ni
tialvaluein10osci ll
ati
ons,deter
mine
i) Logar i
thmicdecr ement
ii
) Actual dampi ngpresenti nthesy st
em
ii
i
) Dampednat uralfr
equency
iv
) Undampednat uralfrequency
v) Dampi ngf actor

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4. a) Descr ibeinbr iefdi
ffer
enttypesofdampi ngusedi nmechani calsy st
em. CO2 (
10)
b) Largegunsar edesignedsot hatonf i
ringt hebar r
elrecoil
sagai nstthespring.At CO2 (
10)
theendoft her ecoiladashpoti sengagedt hatallowsthebar reltor et
urntoits
i
niti
alposi ti
oni nthemi nimum t i
mewi thoutosci l
lati
on.Determi neproperspring
sti
ffnessandt hedashpotdampi ngcoef fi
cientforthebarrelhav ingmassof900
kg.I niti
alrecoi lvel
ocityatt heinstantoff i
ringis25m/ secandt hedistance
recoiledis1. 5m.Al so,findthetimer equi r
edf orthebar r
eltoret urntoaposi t
ion
0.15m f rom t heinit
ialposit
ionifthetimef orr ecoi
l i
s¼oft hetimeper i
od.

UNI T-III
5. a) Dif
ferentiat
ebetween( i
)Forceisolationand( ii
)displ
acementisolation.Deri
vean CO3 (
10)
expression fordispl
acementt r
ansmi ssibil
it
y and phase angle bet ween the
tr
ansmi ttedfor
ceanddisturbi
ngfor ce.
b) Anel ectr
icmotorofmass30kgi sr unni ngat500r pm.Themot orissuppor tedon CO3 (
10)
aspr ingof7KN/ m andadashpotwhi chof fersaresist
anceof600N at0. 25
m/sec.Theunbal anceoft herot
ori sequi valenttoamassof0. 8kgl ocatedat50
mm f r
om t heaxi
sofr otati
on.Knowi ngt hatt hemot ori
sconst rainedtomov e
vert
icall
y,deter
mine(i)thedampi ngf actor,(i
i)ampli
tudeofv i
brationandphase
angle,and (i
i
i)resonantspeedandr esonantamplit
ude.

6. a) Explain wi
th a neatsket ch the pri
nciple ofoper at
ion ofv ibrometerand CO3 (
10)
acceleromet
erandalsodrawchar act
eristi
ccurves.
b) A rotorofmass12Kgi smount edi nt hemi ddl
eof25mm di ametershaft CO3 (
10)
supportedbetweentwo placedat900mm f r
om eachot her.Ther otori
shaving
0.02mm eccentri
cit
y.Ift
hesy stem r
otatesat3000r pm,determinet heampl
it
ude
ofsteadystat
ev i
brat
ionsandt hedynami cfor
ceont hebeari
ngs.TakeE=2x 105
2
N/ mm .

UNIT-IV
7. a) Fig.7(
a)showsaspr ingmasssyst
em.Det er
minei
)Equat
ionofmot
ion CO4 (
10)
i
i)Frequencyequati
onandnatur
alfr
equenciesoft
hesyst
em
i
ii
)Modal valueandmodalshapes.

Fi
g.7(
a)
b) Deri
vet
hedi
ff
erenti
alequat
ionsofmotionforsmal
losci
ll
ati
onofthependul
um CO4 (
10)
showni
nFi
gure7(b)
.Assumer odsar
eri
gidandofnegl
igi
blemass.

Fi
g7(
b)

8. a) Deriv
eanexpr
essi
onf
orampl
i
tudesofv
ibr
ati
onsoft
het
womassesshowni
n CO4 (
10)
fi
g.8(a)

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Fi
g.8(
a)
b) Wri
teshor
tnot
eonthefoll
owi
ng: CO4 (
10)
i
)Normalmodeofv
ibr
ation i
i
)Coor
dinat
ecoupl
i
ng.

UNIT-V
9. a) Defi
neinf
luencecoeff
ici
ent.State&pr oveMax well
’
sr eci
procal
theorem. CO5 (
08)
b) Forthesystem showninFig.9(b),obtai
nalltheinfl
uencecoeffi
cientsandhence CO5 (
12)
det
erminethefundamentalfrequencyusingMat ri
xiterat
ionmethod.Alsopl
otthe
modeshape.

Fi
g.9(
b)

10. a) Using Holz

ermethod,fi
nd the naturalf r
equenci
es oft
he sy
stem shown i
n CO5 (
12)
fi
g.10(
a).AssumeI
1=I
2=I
3= m2,
1kg- Kt1=kt2=1Nm/rad.

Fi
g.10(
a)
b) Ashaf t50mm diameterand3m longissimpl
ysupport
edattheendsandcarr
ies CO5 (
08)
threeloadsof1000N,1500N and750N at1m,2m and2. 5m f r
om thel
eft
2
support.Theyoung’smodulusforshaftmateri
alis200GN/ m .Deter
minethe
frequencyoft
ransv
ersevibr
ati
onusingDunker
ley’
smethod.

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nst
it
uteofTechnol
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USN 1 M S

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onomousInst
it
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il
iat
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ONS– JANUARY2020
Pr
ogr
am : B.
E.:Mechani
calEngi
neer
ing Semest
er : VI
I
Cour
seName : Mechani
calVi
brat
ions Max.Mar
ks : 100
Cour
seCode : ME72 Dur
ati
on : 3Hr
s

I
nstr
uct
ionstot heCandidates:
● Answeronef ull
quest i
onfrom eachunit
.
● Use ofadata handb ookisper
mi t
ted.
● Missi
ngdata, i
fany, maybesuitabl
yassumed.
● Drawonlyneatsket ches,wherevernecessar
y.

UNIT-I
1. a) Add t
hef oll
owing harmoni
csanaly
tical
lyand checkt
hesolut
ion gr
aphi
call
y. CO1 (
10)
x=5cos(
1
3t
+1);x=10cos(
2
3t
+2).
b) Repr
esenttheper i
odicmotiongi
venint hefol
l
owingFi
g.1byharmonicser
ies. CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.1(
b)

2. a) Deriv
eanexpr essi
onf ornatur
alf
requencyofaspr i
ngmasssy stem consider
ing CO1 (
06)
themassoft hespri
ng.
b) Whati sacompoundpendul um?Deriv
eanex pressi
onforit
snatur
alfr
equency . CO1 (
06)
c) Determinethenaturalfr
equencyofoscil
lat
ionofthesy st
em showni nFig.2by CO1 (
08)
usingtheenergymethod.

Fi
g.2(
c)

UNIT-II
3. a) Setupt hedi
fferenti
alequationforaspr i
ngmassdampersy st
em andobtai
na CO2 (
10)
compl etesol
uti
onf orthecrit
ical
l
ydampedcondi ti
on.
b) Determine:i)
Crit
icaldampingcoef f
icienti
i)
Dampingf act
orii
i
)Natur
alfr
equency CO2 (
10)
ofdampedv i
brationsiv)Logarithmi cdecrementv )Ratiooftwoconsecutiv
e
ampl i
tudesofv ibrati
ngsy stem whi chconsistsofmassof25kg,aspr i
ngof
sti
ffness15kN/ m andadamper .Thedampi ng prov
idedisonl
y15% ofcrit
ical

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v
alue.

4. a) Amassof2kgi ssupport
edonani sol
atorhavi
ngaspri
ngscal
eof 2940N/ m CO2 (
08)
andviscousdamping.I
ftheamplit
udeoff r
eevibr
ati
onoft
hemassfall
stoone
hal
fitsorigi
nalval
ueis1.5seconds,deter
minethedampi
ngcoef
fi
cientoft
he
i
solat
or.

b) Apendulum i
spivotedatpointOasshowninFig4(b).i
fthemassoft herodis CO2 (
12)
negli
gibl
eand f
orsmal loscil
lat
ionsf
ind,(
i)Cr
it
icaldamping coef
fi
cientand
(i
i)
Dampednatur
al f
requency
.

UNIT-II
I
5. a) Writ
eanot eonv ibrationisolati
onandf orcetransmi ssi
bil
it
y.Deriveanex pr
ession CO3 (
10)
forfor
cet r
ansmi ssibil
it
yr at
io&di scusst hesalientfeatur
esofTRv s.frequency
rat
iocurves.
b) Acentri
fugalfanr unningat1000r pm wei ghs450Nandhasar otat
ingunbal ance CO3 (
10)
of225N- cm.Whendamper shav i
ngadampi ngf actorof0.2ar eused,det ermine
thesti
ff
nessoft hespr i
ngssucht hatonly10%oft heshakingf orceistransmi t
ted
tothefloor.Alsodet erminet hemagni t
udeoft hetransmittedforce&t hephase
anglebetweenexci tati
onf or
ce&t ransmittedforce.

6. a) Di
scusst
hegener
alt
heor
yofvi
brat
ionmeasur
ingi
nst
rument
s.Usi
ngthecurves CO3 (
10)
of ,obtai
nthe condi
ti
on forusi
ng i
tas a Vibromet
er&

Accelerometer .
b) Ahorizontalshaf t14mm diameterrotatesi
nl ongbear
ingsandadi scofmass16 CO3 (
10)
kgisat tachedt ot hemidspanoft heshaft.Thespanoft heshaftbet
weent he
beari
ngsi s1. 2m.Themasscent eroft hediscis 0.4mm f rom theaxisofthe
shaft
.Negl ectingthemassoft heshaf t
,det
er minet
hecr i
ti
calspeedoftheshaft
.
Alsodet er
mi nether angeofspeedoverwhicht hebendingstressint
heshaftwil
l
notex ceed 70Mpa.TakeE=200Gpa.

UNIT-I
V
7. a) Usethefreebodydi
agram methodt
oderivethedif
fer
ent
ialequat
ionsgov
erni
ng CO4 (
10)
themoti
onofthesyst
em asshowninthefi
g.7.
(a)
.

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Fi
g.7(
a)
b) Sket
chandexpl
aindy
nami
cvi
brat
ionabsor
ber
.Showmat
hemat
ical
anal
ysi
s. CO4 (
10)

8. a) Der
ive expressi
ons fornaturalfrequenci
es and sketch mode shapes ofan CO4 (
10)
aut
omobi l
esuspension.
b) Det
erminethenat ur
alfr
equenciesofvibr
ati
onofthesy stem asshowni
nfig.
8(b)
. CO4 (
10)

Fi
g.8(
b)

UNI T-V
9. a) Explai
nHolzer’
s methodofdet erminingthenaturalfr
equenci
esofmul tidi
sc CO5 (
08)
system.
b) Use the St
odola method t
o determine the l
owestnat ur
alfr
equencyoft he CO5 (
12)
branchedsy
stem asshowninFig.
9(b).Alsofi
ndallt
heinfl
uencecoef
fi
cient
s.

Fi
g.9(
b)

10. a) Explai
n Rayl
eigh’
s method forfi
ndi
ng f
undamentalnat
uralfr
equency ofa CO5 (
08)
vi
brati
ngsystem.
b) Determinet
henaturalf
requenci
esoft
hesyst
em showni
nfig.
10(
b)byDunkerl
y’
s CO5 (
12)
method.

Fi
g.10(
b)

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USN 1 M S
RAMAI
AH (
AutonomousInsti
tut
e,Af
fi
li
atedt oVTU)
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nst
it
uteofTechnol
ogy (
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ovedbyAI
CTE, NewDelhi&Govt
.ofKar nataka)
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MAKEUPEXAMI
NATI
ONS–FEBRUARY2020
Program : B.
E.:Mechani
calEngineer
ing Semest
er : VII
CourseName : Mechani
calVibr
ations Max.Marks : 100
Cour
seCode : ME72 Dur
ati
on : 3Hr
s

I
nst
ruct
ionstotheCandidat
es:
 Answeronef ul
lquesti
onfr
om eachuni t.
 Useofdat ahandbookispermitted.
 Mi ssi
ngdata,i
fany,
maybesui tablyassumed.
 Dr awneatsket
cheswherevernecessary.

UNIT-I
1. a) Whataremechani calvi
brati
ons?Li stthecausesf
orthesame.Al
sogivethe CO1 (
10)
cl
assi
fi
cati
onofmechanical v
ibr
ations.
b) Repr
esenttheper
iodicmotiongiv
eni nthefol
l
owingf
igur
ebyhar
moni
cser
ies. CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.1(
b)

2. a) Deter
minet hesti
ffnessofthesyst
em showninf i
gfort
hef
oll
owi
ngmodesof CO1 (
10)
vi
brat
ion;
(i
) Longi
tudi
nal(i
i)Tr
ansver
seand(i
i
i)Tor
sional
.

Fig.2(
a)
b) Deter
minethenaturalfrequencyofthesy st
em shownbelow usi
ng; (i
) CO1 (
10)
Newton’
smethodand( ii
)EnergyMethod.Themassat t
achedi
s 10kgatone
endofarodofnegl
igibl
emassandst i
ffnessofspr
ingi
s 1N/ mm.

Fi
g.2(
b)

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3. a) Defi
nelogarit
hmicdecr ement.Alsoderiv
etheexpressi
onofthesame. CO2 (
10)
b) Abodyofmass10kgi ssuspendedf rom aheli
calspri
ngofsti
ffness2N/mm.A CO2 (
05)
damperhav ingar esistanceof5N atav el
ocit
yof0. 1m/ seci sconnected
between themassand t he f
ixed end ofthespr i
ng.Deter
mi ne:(i)Rat
io of
successi
veampl it
ude( ii)Ampli
tudeofbodyaf t
er10cy cl
esi
fthei ni
ti
alampl
itude
i
s15mm.
c) Whatiscri
t i
caldampi ng?Whati sitsi
mpor t
ance? CO2 (
05)

4. a) Obt
aint
hedi
ff
erent
ialequat
ionofmot
ionf
ort
hesy
stem showni
n Fi
g.4(
a). CO2 (
12)
Al
so f
ind:(
i)Cr
it
icaldampi
ng coef
fi
ci
ent(
ii
)Nat
uralf
requency ofdamped
osci
l
lat
ion.

Fi
g.4(
a)
b) Wi
thneatsket
chex
plai
nanyf
ourt
ypesofdampi
ng. CO2 (
08)

UNIT-II
I
5. a) Amassof100kgbeenmount edonaspr ingdashpotsy stem havingst
iff
nessof CO3 (
10)
19600N/ m anddampi ngcoef f
icientof100N- sec/m.t hemassi sacteduponbya
harmonicf orce of39N att he undamped nat ur alfrequencyoft he system.
Determine:
i
) Ampl i
tudeofv ibrat
ionoft hemass
i
i
) Phasedi ff
erencebet weenf or ceanddisplacement
i
i
i)For cet r
ansmittingrati
o.
b) Withusualnot ati
ons,obt ai
nanex pressionformagni fi
cationfactor(MF).Discuss CO3 (
10)
theplotofMFv s.fr
equencyr atiofordi f
fer
entvaluesofdampi ngf act
or.

6. a) Explaintheter
m whir
li
ngorcr
it
icalspeedofshaft
.Provethatthewhi r
li
ngspeed CO3 (
10)
forar ot
ati
ngshaf
tissameasthefrequencyofnat
uralt
ransver
sev i
brati
on.
b) Ar otorhasamassof12Kgandi smount edmidwayonahor izont
alshaftof24 CO3 (
10)
mm di
amet
ersi
mpl
ysuppor
tedatt
heendsbyt
wobear
ings.Thebear
ingsar
e1m
apar
t.Theshaf
trot
atesat1200r
pm.Themasscent
eroft
her
otori
s0.
11mm
awayf
rom t
hegeomet
ri
ccent
eroft
her
otorduet
ocer
tai
nmanuf
act
uri
nger
ror
s.
Det
ermi
ne t
he ampl
i
tude of st
eady st
atev
ibr
ati
ons and dy
nami
cfor
ce
t
ransmi
tt
edt
othebear
ingsi m2.
fE=200GN/

UNIT-IV
7. Deriv
et hef requencyequati
onandmodalv ect
orf
ort hepulleymasssy stem CO4 (
20)
showni nFig.7(a).Thepull
eyhasmassofm2 andef fecti
veradiusofr.Assume
thatthecor d,whichpassesov erthepull
ey,doesnotsli
p.Alsodet er
minet he
naturalf
requenciesofthesyst
em if k1=40N/m, k2=60N/ m,m1=2kgand
m2=10kg.

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8. a) Det
ermi
net
henat
ural
frequencyoft
hesy
stem asshowni
nFi
g.8(
a). CO4 (
10)

b) AreciprocatingICengi neiscoupledtoacent ri
fugalpumpt hr
oughapai rofgears. CO4 (
10)
Theshaf tfrom t hefly
wheeloft heengi net othegearwheelhas48mm di ameter
andis800mm l ong.Theshaf tfrom thepi niontot hepumphas32mm di ameter
andi s280mm l ong.Pumpspeedi sf ourt imest heenginespeed.Moment sof
i
nerti
aoft hef lywheel ,gearwheel,pi ni
onandpumpi mpell
erar e1000kgm2,
2 2 2
14kgm ,5kgm ,and 18kgm r espectivel
y .Find the nat
uralfrequencyoft he
tor
sionalosci l
l
at i
onoft hesystem.G=80GN/ m2.
UNIT-V
9. a) Def
ineinf
luencecoef
fi
cientandstateandpr oveMaxwell’
sr eci
procaltheorem. CO5 (
10)
b) Use t
he Stodola method to deter
mi ne the l
owestnat uralfrequencyoft he CO5 (
10)
br
anchedsy st
em asshowninFi g.
9.Alsofindallt
heinf
luencecoef fi
cient
s.

Fi
g.9(
b)

10. Fi
nd allt
henat
uralf
requenci
esand modalv
ect
orsoft
hesy
stem showni
n CO5 (
20)
Fi
g.10.
anddr
awthemodeshapes.

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Fi
g.10.

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.
 Mi ssi
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 Dr awonlyneatsketcheswherevernecessary.

UNIT-I
1. a) Addthefol
lowingmoti
onanal yt
ical
l
yandcheckt hesol
uti
ongr aphi
cal
ly
.x1 =si
n CO1 (
10)
( +300o)
8t ,x2=2cos(8t
-150o)
b) Deter
minethenatur
alfrequencyofthesyst
em showninfig.
1(b)usingNewton’
s CO1 (
10)
methodandEnergymethod.

Fi
g1(
b)

2. a) Repr
esentt
heper
iodi
cmot
iongi
veni
nFi
g.2(
a)byusi
nghar
moni
cser
ies. CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.2(
a)
b) Det
erminethenatur
alf
requencyoft
hegivensy
stem i
nFi
g.2(
b)usi
ngNewt
on’
s CO1 (
10)
methodandEnergymet
hod.

Fi
g2(
b)

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3. a) Defi
ne l ogari
thmi c decrement? Der i
ve an ex pr
essi
on f or the logar
ithmic CO2 (
10)
decr
ementf ortheunderdampedsy stem andhenceshowt hat δ=( 1/
n)
l
og(x0/xn)ift
hesy stem execut
esncy cles.
b) Asimpl ependul um isfoundtov i
brateataf requencyof0.5Hzi nav acuum and CO2 (
05)
0.
45Hzi nav i
scousf lui
dmedi um.Fi ndthedampi ngconstant,assumingt he
massoft heboboft hependulum is1Kg.
c) Ther atio ofsuccessiveampl it
udesofav iscouslydampedsi ngl
edegr eeof CO2 (
05)
fr
eedom sy stem isf ound t o be 18: 1.Determine the rat
io ofsuccessi ve
amplit
udesi ftheamountofdampi ngis( i
)doubled,and (
ii
)halved.

4. a) Thesy st
em showni ntheFi
g.4(a)hasnatur
alfrequencyof5Hzf orthefoll
owing CO2 (
12)
data:m =10kg,J0 =5kg- m2,r 1 =100mm,r 2 =2 50mm.Whent hesy st
em is
dist
urbedbygivingi tani
nit
ialdispl
acement,theampl i
tudeoff
reevibrat
ionis
reducedby80per centi
n10cy cl
es.Deter
minethev aluesofkandc.

Fi
g.4(a)
b) Fi
ndt
henat
ural
frequencyoft
hesy
stem asshowni
nFi
g.4(
b) CO2 (
08)

Fi
g.4(
b)

UNI
T-I
II
5. a) Fi
ndt
her
esponseoft
hesy
stem showni
nFi
g.5(
a) CO3 (
10)

Fig.
5(a)
b) Forthesy stem shown i
n Fig.
5(b)xand ydenot e,respect
ivel
y,t
heabsolute CO3 (
10)
displ
acementoft hemassm andt heendQ oft hedashpotc1.( i
)Deriv
et he
equati
onofthemassm, (
ii
)fi
ndthest eadystat
edisplacementofthemassm, and
(i
ii
)fi
ndthef or
cet r
ansmi
ttedtothesuppor tatP,whent heendQi ssubj
ectedto
theharmonicmotion y(
t)=Yosωt.

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Fi
g.5(
b)

6. a) Explain with a neatsketch the principle ofoper ati

on ofv i
brometerand CO3 (
10)
accelerometerandalsodrawcharacteri
sticcurves.
b) Whenav ibrat
iontesti
srunont hesy stem off i
g.6(
b),therati
oofampli
tudeson CO3 (
10)
successivecyclesis2.5to1.Det erminet heresponseoft hemachineduet oa
rot
atingunbalanceofmagni t
ude0. 25kg- m whent hemachi neoper
atesat2000
rpm andt hedampingisassumedt obev iscous.

Fi
g.6(
b)

UNIT-I
V
7. a) Expl
ainthepri
nci
pleofdynamicvi
brati
onabsorber. CO4 (
08)
b) Setuptheequationsofmot i
onanddet erminethenatur
alfr
equenci
es&mode CO4 (
12)
shapesofthetwodegreeoffr
eedom system showninf
ig.
7(b)
.

Fi
g7(
b)

8. a) Explaintheterms: CO4 (
04)
(i
)Pr i
ncipalmodeofv ibr
ati
on( ii
)Semi def
ini
tesy
stem.
b) Obtaint henaturalfr
equencies,modeshapesandl ocationoft henodeinat wo CO4 (
16)
rot
orsy stem connectedbyanel ast
icshaft
.Theshafti
sfreeatbot hendsandhas
astiffnessof3x105 Nm/ rad.Themassmoment sofi ner t
iaofrotor
satthelef
t
end&r i
ghtendoft heshaftare100kg-m2and400kg- m2r espect
ivel
y.

UNIT-V
9. Findthef
ir
stt
wonat uralf
requenciesandmodelvect
orsoft
hesyst
em showni
n CO5 (
20)
thefi
g.9bymatr
ixi
terati
onmet hod.Al
sodrawthemodeshapes.

Fi
g.9

10. Fi
nd al l t
he CO5 (
20)
nat
ural

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f
requenci
esoft
hef
ourdegr
eeoff
reedom sy
stem showni
ntheFi
g.10byHol
zer
’s
method.

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rom eachunit
.
 Mi ssi
ngdata,i
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 Dr awonlyneatsketcheswherevernecessary.

UNIT-I
1. a) Add thef oll
owing harmonicsanal
yti
cal
lyand checkthesoluti
on gr
aphi
cal
ly
. CO1 (
10)
x1=5cos(
3t+1);x2=10cos(
3t+2)
.
b) Representtheper i
odi
cmot i
ongiv
eninthefol
l
owingfigur
ebyharmoni
cseri
es. CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.1(
b)

2. a) Draw t
hefreebodydiagram andfindthef
requencyofosci
l
lati
onoft
hesy
stem CO1 (
07)
showninFig.2.
b) Forsmallanglesofoscil
lat
ion,f
indthefr
equencyofoscil
lat
ionoft
hesy
stem CO1 (
07)
showninFig.2b(i
)and2b(i
i)
.

Fi
g.2b(
i) Fi
g.2b(
ii
)

c) Fi
ndthenatur
alf
requencyofthesy
stem showni
nFi
g.2(
c).Ther
odAOBoft
he CO1 (
06)
sy
stem i
sli
ght
,st
rai
ghtandsti
ff.

Fi
g.2(
c).

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3. a) Thesy st
em showninFi
g.3(
a)hasanat uralfr
equencyof5Hzf orthefoll
owing CO2 (
10)
2
data: m =10kg,J0 =5kg- m ,r1 =1 0cm,r 2 =25cm.Whent hesystem is
dist
urbedbygivi
ngitanini
ti
aldisplacement,theamplit
udeoffreevibrat
ionis
reducedby80percenti
n10cycl
es.Det er
mi netheval
uesofkandc.

Fig.3(a)
b) Aspr ingmassdampersy stem ishav ingamassof10kgandaspr ingofsuch CO2 (
10)
stif
fnesswhichcausesast aticdeflecti
onof5mm.t heamplit
udeofv i
brati
on
reducest o¼ th t
heini
ti
alv aluei n10osci ll
ati
ons,det
ermi
ne i )Logari
thmic
decrementii)Actualdampi ngpr esentint hesystem ii
i)Dampednat ural
frequencyi
v)undampednat uralf
requency v)dampingf
actor

4. a) Agunbar rel wei ghing6kNhasar ecoilspri

ngof350N/ mm.I fbar rel r
ecoil
sone CO2 (
10)
met eronf iri
ng, fi
nd
i
)Thei ni t
ialrecoi lvelocit
yoft hegun
i
i)Thecr i
tical dampi ngcoef fi
cientofadashpotwhi chi sengagedatt heendof
therecoi lstroke
i
ii)Thet imer equi redf orthebar r
eltoreturntoaposi tion50mm f rom itsinit
ial
positi
on.
b) Anunderdampedshockabsor beri
st obedesi gnedf oramot orcycleofmass200 CO2 (
10)
kg( Fi
g.4( b)).Whent heshockabsor beri ssubject
edt oani nit
ialv ert
icalvelocit
y
duet oar oadbump, t
her esult
ingdisplacement -
ti
mecur v
ei st obeasi ndicatedin
Fig.5( b).Fi ndt henecessar yst i
ffnessanddampi ngconst antsoft heshock
absorberi fthedampedper i
odofv i
brationistobe2secondsandt heampl i
tudeis
tober educedt o one- f
ourthi nonehal fcy cl
e.(i.e.,X1.5 =X1/ 4).Al sof i
ndt he
mi ni
mum i niti
al velocit
ythatleadst oamax i
mum di spl acementof250mm

Fi
g.4(
b)

UNI
T-III
5. a) Wit
husualnot
ati
ons,obtai
nanexpressi
onf ormagni
fi
cat
ionf
act
or(MF).Di
scuss CO3 (
10)
t
heplotofMFvs.fr
equencyrat
iof
ordiff
erentval
uesofdampi
ngfact
or.

b) Abodyhav i
ngamassof15kgi ssuspendedfrom aspringwhichdefl
ect s12mm CO4 (
10)
duetot hewei
ghtofthemass.Det er
minethef r
equencyoff r
eevibr
ations.What
vi
scousdampingf or
ceisneededt omaket hemot ionaperi
odicataspeedof1
mm/ sec?Ifwhen,dampedt othi
sex t
ent
,adi stur
bingforcehavi
ngamax i
mum
val
ueof100Nandv i
brat
ingat6Hzi smadet oactont hebody.Determinethe
amplit
udeofult
imatemotion.

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6. a) Def
ineand der
ivean expr
essi
on f
orf
orcet
ransmi
ssi
bil
i
ty.Al
so expl
ain why CO3 (
10)
dampingisnoteffecti
vebeyondfrequencyrat
io
b) Arotorhasamassof12Kgandi smount edmi dwayonahor i
zontalshaftof24 CO3 (
10)
mm diametersimplysupportedattheendsbyt wobearings.Thebearingsare1m
apart
.Theshaf trotat
esat1200r pm.Themasscent eroft herotori s0.11mm
awayfrom thegeomet ri
ccenteroftherotorduetocertainmanufacturingerr
ors.
Deter
mine t he amplitude of steady stat
ev i
brat
ions and dy nami cf or
ce
tr
ansmitt
edt othebeari
ngsifE=200GN/ m2.

UNIT-IV
7. Fi
g.7showsaspringmasssystem.DetermineL CO4 (
20)
i
) Equati
onofmot i
on
i
i) Fr
equencyequat
ionandnatural
frequenci
esoft
hesy
stem
i
ii
)Modal val
ueandmodal shapes.

Fi
g.7

8. a) Deri
vet
hedi
ff
erenti
alequat
ionsofmoti
onf orsmal
losci
ll
ati
onoft
hependul
um CO4 (
10)
showni
nFi
gure8(a)
.Assumer odsar
eri
gidandofnegl
i
gibl
emass.

Fi
g.8(
a)

b) Der
iveanexpr
essi
onf
orampl
i
tudesofv
ibr
ati
onsoft
het
womassesshowni
nfi
g. CO4 (
10)
8(
b).

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g.8(
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UNIT-V
9. a) Det
ermi
nei
nfl
uencecoef
fi
cient
soft
ri
plependul
um sy
stem showni
nFi
g.9(
a). CO5 (
10)

Fi
g.9(
a)

b) Usestodal
amethodt odet
erminethel
owestnat
uralf
requencyoff
ourdegr
eeof CO5 (
10)
fr
eedom sy
stem showninFi
g.9(b)
.

Fi
g.9(
b)

10. UseHolzer
’smet hodtodet
erminethefi
rstthr
eenatur
alf
requenci
esf
ort
orsi
onal CO5 (
20)
vi
brat
ionoffourdegreeoff
reedom sy
stem showninFi
g.10.

Fi
g.10

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UNI
T-I
1. a) Spl
i
tthehar
moni
cmot
ionx
(t)=5si
n(t
+/
4)i
ntot
wohar
moni
cmot
ions,one CO1 (
10)
0
hav
ingphaseangl
eofzer
oandt
heot
herof60.Ver
if
yitbygr
aphi
cal
met
hod.
b) Repr
esentt
heper
iodi
cmot
ionsgi
veni
nfi
g.1(
b)byhar
moni
cmot
ion. CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.1(
b)

2. a) Det
ermi
net
henat
uralf
requencyoft
hesi
mpl
ependul
um consi
der
ingt
hemassof CO1 (
10)
r
odbynewt
on’
smet
hodandener
gymet
hod.
b) A ci
rcul
ardi
scof5kgmass,100mm r
adi
usi
shel
dbyaspr
ingofconst
ant CO1 (
10)
st
if
fnessof 200N/
m att
hedi
stanceof50mm f
rom t
hecent
reandr
oll
sona
smoot
hhor
izont
alpl
ane.Fi
ndt
henat
ural
frequencyoft
hesy
stem.

Fi
g.2(
b)

UNI
T-I
I
3. a) Def
inel
ogar
it
hmi
cdecr
ement
.Obt
ainanexpr
essi
onf
ort
hesamei
nter
msof CO2 (
08)
dampi
ngr
ati
o.

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b) Abodyofmass10kgi
ssuspendedf
reel
yfr
om aspr
ingofst
if
fness 2N/
mm. CO2 (
12)
Adamperhav
ingar
esi
stanceof5Natav
eloci
tyof 0.
1m/
seci
sconnect
ed
bet
weent
hemassandt
hef
ixedendoft
hespr
ing.Det
ermi
ne:
i
) Dampingfact
orandlogdecr ement
i
i
) Rati
oofsuccessi
veampl i
tudes
i
i
i) Ampl
it
udeofbodyafter10cy cl
esi
fthei
nit
ial
ampl
i
tudei
s 15mm.

4. a) Amachi
neofmass20kgi
smount
edonspr
ingsoft
otal
sti
ff
ness 10N/
mm & CO2 (
12)
t
otaldampi
ngcoef
fi
cienti
s0.
15N/
mm/
sec.I
fthesy
stem i
sini
ti
all
yatr
estanda
v
eloci
tyof100mm/
seci
simpar
tedt
othemass,
det
ermi
ne:
(
i)Di
spl
acement&v
eloci
tyofmassasf
unct
ionoft
ime
(
ii
)Di
spl
acementandv
eloci
tyaf
teronesecond.
b) Deter
minethedampednatur
alfr
equencyforthesy
stem showninfi
g.4(
b)Al
so,i
f CO2 (
08)
m=1.5kg,k=4900N/ m,a=6cm & b=14cm,det ermi
net hevalueofdamping
coeff
ici
ent‘
c’f
orwhi
chthesyst
em i
scrit
ical
lydamped.

Fi
g.4(
b)

UNI
T-I
II
5. a) Di
ff
erent
iat
ebet
ween(
i)passi
vei
sol
ati
onand(
ii
)Act
ivei
sol
ati
on.Der
ivean CO3 (
10)
expr
essi
onf
ordi
spl
acementt
ransmi
ssi
bil
i
tyandphaseangl
e.
b) Anengi
newei
ghi
ng1000Ni
ncl
udi
ngr
eci
procat
ingpar
tsi
smount
edonspr
ings. CO3 (
10)
Thewei
ghtoft
her
eci
procat
ingpar
tsi
s22Nandt
hest
rokei
s90mm.Theengi
ne
speedi
s720r
pm (
i)Negl
ect
ingdampi
ngf
indt
hest
if
fnessoft
hespr
ing,sot
hat
t
hef
orcet
ransmi
tt
edt
othef
oundat
ioni
s5%oft
heampl
i
tudef
orce,(
ii
)Ifunder
t
heact
ualwor
kingcondi
ti
ont
hedampi
ngr
educest
heampl
i
tudeofsuccessi
ve
v
ibr
ati
onby25%,
det
ermi
net
hef
orcet
ransmi
tt
edat720r
pm.

6. a) Defi
necrit
icalspeedandder iveanex pressionforthecriti
calspeedwithout CO3 (
10)
damping.
b) Adiskofmass4kgi smountedmi dwaybet weenbearingswhichmaybeassumed CO3 (
10)
tobesimpl esupports.Thebear ingspani s0.5m.Theshaftis10mm di ameter
andishori
zontal.TheCGoft hedi skisdi
spl aced2mm from t
hegeomet ri
ccentr
e.
Thedampi ngr at
iois0.065.Iftheshaf trot at
esat250r pm,neglect
ingmassof
shaf
t,det
ermine:
i) Criti
calspeed.TakeE=196GPa
ii
) Ampl it
udeofwhi r
loperatingspeed
ii
i
)Ampl it
udeofwhi r
latcri
ticalspeed
iv
)Ampl it
udeofwhi r
lat75%ofcr i
ti
cal speed
v) Ampl it
udeofwhi r
lwhennodampi ng.

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UNI
T-I
V
7. a) Writ
eshor tnot
eson: CO4 (
06)
i
)General
izedandpri
ncipalcoordinat
esii)Normalmodeofvi
brati
on.
b) Expl
aint he pri
nci
ples ofdy nami cv i
brat
ion absor
ber
.Deriv
et he necessar
y CO4 (
10)
equati
ons.
c) Whatisa“ Semidefi
nit
esystem” ?Explai
n. (
04)

8. a) Explaincoordinatecoupli
nginanaut omobil
eandf i
ndt heequat
ionsofmoti
on CO4 (
08)
andt hei
rnaturalfr
equencies.
b) Determinethenat uralf
requenciesofthesystem as showninthe Fi
g7(b)if CO4 (
12)
3 3 3
K1=40x10 N/ m,K2=50x10 N/ m andK3=60x10 N/ m,m1=10kg,m2=12kg,
r1=0.10m, r
¬ 2=0.
11m.

Fi
g.7(
b)

UNI
T-V
9. a) Def
inei
nfl
uencecoef
fi
cientandst
ateandpr
oveMaxwel
l
’sr
eci
procal
theor
em. CO5 (
10)
b) Use t
he St
odol
a met hod t
o deter
mine t
he l
owestnatur
alfrequencyofthe CO5 (
10)
br
anchedsy
stem asshowninFig.
9(b)Al
sofi
ndall
thei
nfl
uencecoeff
ici
ent
s.

Fi
g.9(
b)

10. Fi
nd al
lthenat
uralf
requenci
esoft
hesy
stem shown i
n Fi
g.10.byHol
zer
’s CO5 (
20)
2 2 2 6
met
hod.I
1=400Kg-
m I
2=800Kg-
m I
3=1200Kg-
m Kt
1=1X10 Nm/
rad Kt
2=

2X106Nm/
rad Kt
3=3X106Nm/
rad.

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g.10

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I
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 Answeronef ullquestionf
rom eachunit.
 Mi ssi
ngdataifanymaybesui t
ablyassumed.
 Dr awonlyneatsketcheswherevernecessary.
 Forgr aphicalsol
utionsusegraphsheet/answerbook.

UNIT-I
1. a) Add thef oll
owing harmonicsanal
yti
cal
lyand checkthesol
uti
on gr
aphi
cal
l
y. CO1 (
10)
x1=4cos(
t+10);x2=6si
n(t
+60).
b) Representtheperiodi
cmotionsgi
veninfi
g.1(
b)byharmoni
cmoti
on. CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.1(
b)

2. a) Det
erminethenaturalfrequencyofthespri
ng-
masssyst
em byconsi
deri
ngthe CO1 (
10)
massofthespri
ngintoaccount .
b) Det
erminethenatur
elfrequencyofthesyst
em showni
nfi
g.2(
b)by (i
)Newton’
s CO1 (
10)
method(i
i)Ener
gymet hod.

Fi
g.2(
b)

UNIT-I
I
3. a) Setupthediff
erent
ialequati
onf oraspri
ngmassdampersy stem andobt
ainthe CO2 (
10)
completesol
uti
onfortheunderdampedcondi t
ions.
b) A si
mplependulum ispi v
otedatpoi nt‘O’asshowni ntheFig.
3(b)Assuming CO2 (
10)
smallosci
ll
ati
onsandnegl ecti
ngt hemassoft herod,f
indthedamplednatural
fr
equencyofthependulum.

Fi
g.3(
b)

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4. a) AGunbar relofmass600kghasar ecoilspringofst i
ff
ness294KN/ m, i
fthebarrel CO2 (
10)
recoil
ed1;3m onf iri
ng, det ermine:
i) Thei ni
ti
al veloci tyoft hebar r
el
ii
) Thecr i
ticaldampi ngco- effi
cientoft hedashpotwhi chi
sengagedatt he
endoft her ecoi l stroke.
b) Thet orsi
onalpendul um showni nFi g.4( b),i ft
heobser v
edampl i
tudesont he CO2 (
10)
samesi deoft heneut ralaxi sf orsuccessi vecy cl
esaref oundtodecay50%oft he
i
nitialval
ue,deter minei )Logar ithmicdecr ement i i)Dampedt orqueperuni t
velocit
yii
i)Theper iodi ct imeofv ibrat
ion i v)Thef requencywhent hediscis
remov edfrom otherf luid.
TakeJ=0. 05kg-m2, G(shaft)=4.5x 1010N/m2, d=0. 1m,L=0.5m.

Fi
g.4(
b)

UNIT-II
I
5. a) Amassof100kgbeenmount edonaspr ingdashpotsy st
em havi
ngstiff
nessof CO3 (
10)
19600N/ m anddampi ngcoef f
ici
entof100N-sec/m.t hemassi sacteduponbya
harmonicf orce of39N att he undamped nat uralfrequencyoft he syst
em.
Determine:
i
) Ampl i
tudeofv ibrat
ionofthemass
i
i
) Phasedi ff
erencebet weenforceanddisplacement
i
i
i)For cetransmittingrati
o.
b) Findthesteady -
stateresponseoft hesystem showni nFig.5(
b) for CO3 (
10)
thefoll
owingdat a:K1=1000N/ m,K2=500N/ m, c=500N-
s/m,m =10kg, r=50mm, J0=1kg- m2,F0=50N, ω=20r ad/s.

Fi
g.5(
b)

6. a) Explainthet er
m whi rl
ingorcri
ticalspeedofshaft.Pr
ovethatt hewhi rl
i
ngspeed CO3 (
10)
forar ot
ati
ngshaf tissameast hefrequencyofnat
uraltr
ansversev i
brati
on.
b) Thef oll
owingdat arefertoahor i
zontalshaf
thel
dinlongbearings: CO3 (
10)
Lengthofshaf t=1.2m; Di
ameterofshaf t=14mm;massofar otoratmi d-
poi
nt=
16kg;Eccent ri
cit
yofmassofr otorfrom cent
reof rot
or=0. 4mm;
Modul usofel asti
cityofshaftmat erial=200GN/m2;Permissiblestressinshaf
t
mater i
al=70MPa;
Determinet hecrit
icalspeedofshaf tandrangeofspeedoverwhi chitisunsaf
eto
runtheshaf t.Neglectthemassofshaf t.

UNIT-I
V
7. a) Fort
hesy
stem showni
nfi
g.7(
a) 
i
)Deri
vetheequat
ionofmot
ion i
i
)Set
up CO4 (
12)

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f
requencyequat
ion and obt
ain 
nat
uralf
requenci
esoft
hesy
stem i
i
i)obt
ain
modalv
ect
orsi
v)Dr
aw modeshapes.Negl
ectt
hei
ner
ti
aofwheel
sand 
fr
ict
ion
bet
weenwheel
andsur
face.

Fi
g.7(
a)
b) Br
ief
lyex
plai
nthewor
kingpr
inci
pleofdy
nami
cabsor
ber
. CO4 (
08)

8. a) Det
ermi
net
henat
uralf
requenci
esoft
hespr
ingmasspul
l
eysy
stem asshown. CO4 (
10)
Thecor
disi
next
ensi
bleandt
her
eisnosl
i
ppagebet
weencor
dandt
hepul
l
ey.
TakeK1=40N/
m,K2=60N/
m,massm =2kgand M =10kg.

Fi
g.8(
a)
b) Wr
it
eshor
tnoteonthefoll
owi
ng: CO4 (
10)
i) Normalmodeofvibr
ati
on
ii
) i
i)Coor
dinat
ecoupli
ng.

UNIT-V
9. a) Expl
ain Rayl
eigh’
s met
hod f
orf
indi
ng fundament
alnat
uralf
requency ofa CO5 (
05)
vi
brat
ingsyst
em.

b) Fi
ndt
henat
ural
frequencyoft
hesy
stem i
ntheFi
g.9(
b)usi
ngst
odot
a’smet
hod. CO5 (
15)

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Fi
g.9(
b)

10. a) Expl
ain Hotzer
’smethod ofdetermini
ng t
henaturalfr
equenci
esofmult
idi
sc CO5 (
06)
syst
em
b) Fi
ndt hefundamentalnatur
alfr
equencyandcor
respondi
ngmodeshapeforthe CO5 (
14)
syst
em showni nt
heFig.10(
b)bythemethodofMatr
ixit
erat
ion.

Fi
g.10(
b)

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 Mi ssi
ngdataifanymaybesui t
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 Dr awonlyneatsketcheswherevernecessary.
 Forgr aphicalsol
utionsusegraphsheet/answerbook.

UNIT-I
1. a) Define the t
erms per
iodi
c mot i
on,resonance,degr
ee ofmoti
on and phase CO1 (
04)
di
fference
b) Addt woharmonicmotionsx1=4cos(
ωt +100)andx2=6si
n( +600)anal
ωt yti
cal
l
y. CO1 (
06)
c) Representtheper
iodi
cmot i
onbyharmoni cseri
es: CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.1(
c)

2. a) Obtai
nt he di
ff
erenti
alequat
ion ofmot
ion f
orthe syst
em shown f
orsmall CO1 (
10)
ampli
tudeofvibrat
ion.Al
sodeter
minet
hevalueof‘a’
forwhi
chthesystem wi
l
l
notvi
brate.

Fi
g.2(
a)

b) Obt
ainthe di
ff
erent
ialequat
ion ofmotion fort
he syst
em shown f
orsmal
l CO1 (
10)
ampl
it
udeofvi
brati
on.Thecor
disinext
ensibl
eanddoesnotsl
i
pwi t
hpul
ley
.

Fi
g.2(
b)

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UNIT-II
3. a) Aspr ingmassdampersy stem isgivenani ni
tialvel
oci
tyofXωnwhereωn isthe CO2 (
10)
undampednat uralfrequencyoft hesystem.Fi ndtheequat
ionofmot i
onforthe
system when i)ξ=2. 5ii)ξ=1i i
i)ξ=0.5.
b) A springmassdampersy stem consistsofmass10kgandaspr i
ngofsuch CO2 (
10)
sti
ffnesswhichcausesast aticdefl
ecti
onof5mm.Theampl i
tudeofvibr
ati
ons
reducesto¼t heini
tialvaluein10osci l
lati
ons,determi
ne:
i
) Logarit
hmi cdecr ement
i
i) Actualdampi ngpr esentinthebsy stem
i
ii
) dampednat uralfrequency.

4. a) Largegunsar edesi gnedsot hatonf i

ri
ngt hebar relrecoil
sagainstt hespr ing.At CO2 (
08)
theendoft her ecoi ladashpoti sengagedt hatal l
owst hebar reltor eturntoi t
s
i
niti
alposi t
ionint hemi nimum t i
mewi thoutosci l
lat i
on.Determinepr operspr ing
sti
ffnessandt hedashpotdampi ngcoef fi
cientfort hebarrelhav i
ngmassof900
kg.I niti
alrecoilv elocityatt hei nstantoff i
ringis25m/ secandt hedi stance
recoiledis1. 5m.Al sof i
ndt het imer equi r
edf orthebar reltoreturnt oaposi t
ion
0.15m f r
om thei nitialposit
ioni fthet i
mef orr ecoili
s¼oft hetimeper iod.
b) Aspr i
ngmassdashpotsy stem hasmass=10kgandst if
fness40N/ m.Ifthe CO2 (
04)
ampl itudeoff reev i
brati
ondecr easest o25%oft heor i
ginalvalueaf ter5cy cles,
determi nethedampi ngcoef fi
cient .
c) Forthesy stem of1DOFasshownobt ain: CO2 (
08)
i
) Different i
alequationofmot i
onand
i
i) Expr essionf orcrit
ical dampi ngcoef f
icient.

Fi
g.4(
c)

UNIT-I
II
5. a) Amachi nepartofmass4kgv ibr
atesinav i
scousmedi um.Ahar moni cexcit
ing CO3 (
10)
for
ceof40Nact sonthemachi neandcausesr esonantampl i
tudeof15mm wi t
ha
peri
odof0.2seconds.Deter
minet hedampingcoef f
icient
,ift
hesy stem isexci
ted
byahar moni
cforceoffrequency4Hz ,whatwil
lbetheper centageincreasei
nt he
amplit
udeofforcedvi
brati
onwhendamperi sremoved?
b) Deri
veanequationforwhirl
i
ngofshaf twit
hairdampi ng. CO3 (
10)

6. a) Defi
nemagni fi
cationfactor
.Expl
ainindetai
lthef requencyr esponsecurvefor CO3 (
10)
magnifi
cat
ionfactorandphaseangleagai
nstfrequencyrat i
o.
b) Deter
minet hecrit
icalspeedwhenaaut omobiletrail
erist ravel
l
ingoverar oad CO3 (
10)
wit
ht heroad sur facevari
ed si
nusoi
dal
lywithawav elengthof15m and an
ampli
tudeof0. 075m. Thespri
ngsoft heautomobi lear ecompr essed0.125m
underi
sownwei ght.Al
sodeter
minetheampli
tudeofv i
brati
onat50Km/ hr.

UNI
T-I
V
7. a) Fi
ndt henat
uralf
requencyandampl
it
uderat
ionoft
hesy
stem showni
nthe CO4 (
10)
Fi
g.7(
a)

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Fi
g.7(a)
b) Der
iveanex pr
essi
onforthest
eadyst ateampl
it
udeofv i
brat
ionoft
het
wo CO4 (
10)
massesofFORCEDVIBRATI
ONSyst
em shownintheFi
g.7(
b).

Fi
g.7(
b)

8. a) Deri
veandexplainpr
incipalmodeofvi
brat
ionoftwodegreeundampedsy stem. CO4 (
12)
b) Twor ot
orsJ1 andJ2 connect
edwithshaftsofsti
ff
nesskt1 andkt2 ar
e coupl
ed CO4 (
08)
wit
htwogearsJ01andJ02.Findthenat
uralfr
equencyofv
ibration.

UNIT-V
9. a) Def
inei
nfl
uencecoeff
ici
entandstateandpr
oveMax wel
l’
srecipr
ocal
theorem. CO5 (
10)
b) Det
ermi
netheinf
luencecoeff
ici
entsofthet
ri
plependul
um showninfi
g.9(
b) CO5 (
10)

Fi
g.9(
b)
10. UsingHolzer’
smet hod,f i
ndthef
undamentalnaturalf
requencyoft
hesyst
em as CO5 (
20)
2 2 2
shownint hefi
g.10.AssumeJ1=J2=10Kg- m ,J3=5Kg-m , J4=20Kg-m andkt1=
5X104N-m/ r
ad,kt2=kt3=10X104N-
m/rad.

Fi
g.10
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 Mi ssi
ngdataifanymaybesui t
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 Dr awonlyneatsketcheswherevernecessary.
 Forgr aphicalsol
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UNIT-I
1. a) Repr
esentt
heper
iodi
cmot
iongi
veni
ntheFi
gur
eQ.
1.abel
owbyhar
moni
cser
ies. CO1 (
10)

Fi
g.1(
a)
b) Li
stthefol
lowi
ng: CO1 (
06)
i
) Met hodstocontr
olvi
brat
ionii)Causesofvibr
ati
on.
c) Aharmonicmot i
onhasamplit
udeof6cm andaf r
equencyof20Hz.Fi
ndt
het
ime CO1 (
04)
per
iod,maximum vel
oci
tyandmax i
mum accelerat
ion.

2. a) Fi
ndt henatur
alf
requencyofosci
ll
ati
onofthesyst
em showni
n Fi
g.2(
a) CO1 (
10)
aassumi ngthebellcranklevertobelightandsti
ffandthemass‘
m’tobe
concentr
ated.

Fi
g.2(a)
b) ACy li
nderofmass‘ m’andmassmomentofi nert
iaJoroll
i
ngwit
houtsl
ippi
ngbut CO1 (
10)
restr
ainedbyt wol i
nearspri
ngsofstiff
nessk1 andk2 asshowni nFig.2(
b).
Determine:
i) Thenatur
alfr
equencyofv
ibr
ati
onoft hesyst
em
ii
) Theval
ueof‘a’forwhi
cht
henaturalfr
equencyismax
imum

Fi
g.2(
b)

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UNIT-II
3. a) Aspr i
ngmass- dashpotsy stem i
sgivenani niti
alveloci
tyofXn,wheren i
sthe CO2 (
10)
undampednat uralfrequencyoft hesystem.Fi ndtheequationofmot i
onforthe
system when(i)ξ=2. 5(i
i)ξ=1( i
i
i)ξ=0. 5
b) A massof5kgi ssuppor t
edonaspr i
ngofst i
ffness1960N/m.t hedashpot CO2 (
10)
att
achedt othesy stem producesar esi
stanceof1. 96Natav el
oci
tyof1m/ sec.
Determine:
i
) Nat ur
al fr
equencyoff r
eev i
brati
on.
i
i) Dampingf actor.
i
ii
)Logar i
thmicdecr ement.
i
v)Rat i
oofanyt wosuccessiveampl i
tudes.
v) Amplit
uder atioaft
er5cycles.
4. a) Define logari
thmic decr ement? Derive an expr
essi
on f or t
he l
ogari
thmic CO2 (
10)
decrementf ortheunderdampedsy stem andhenceshowt hat δ=( 1/
n)
l
og( x0/
xn)i
fthesystem executesncy cl
es.
b) Derivethediffer
entialequati
onofmot i
onofthesystem shownin Fig.4(b). CO2 (
10)
Findt heexpressionsf ornatur
alfrequencyofdampedv ibr
ati
onanddampi ng
rati
o.

Fi
g.4(
b).
UNIT-I
II
5. a) Def
ine“
transmi
ssi
bil
i
ty”
.Der
iveanexpr
essi
onformot
iont
ransmi
ssi
bil
i
ty. CO3 (
10)
6
b) Amachi neofmass500kgi ssuppor
tedonspr i
ngofstif
fness10 N/m.Ift
he CO3 (
10)
machinehasarotat
ingunbal
anceof0.25Kgm,deter
mine: i
)thefor
ce
t
ransmittedt
othefl
oorat1200rpm i
i)thedynamicampli
tudeatthi
sspeedii
i)
t
hephaseangle.
6. a) A commer cialtypev i
brati
on pickup hasanat uralfrequencyof6 Hzand a CO3 (
08)
dampi ngfactorof0. 65.Whati sthelowestf requencybey ondwhichtheampl i
tude
canbemeasur edwithini)1%er r
orii)2%er ror.
b) Av erti
calsteelshaftof15mm di amet erisheldinl ongbearings 1met er CO3 (
12)
apartandcar ri
esati tsmi ddl
eadi scofmass15kg.Theeccent ri
cit
yofthecenter
ofgr avit
yoft hedi scf r
om t hecent erofr ot
oris0. 30mm.Themodul usof
el
asticityfort heshaf tmat eri
alis200N/ m2 andt heper missi
blestr
essi s70
2
MN/ m .Det ermine
i
) Thecr i
ti
cal speedofshaf t.
i
i) Ther angeofspeedov erwhi chitisunsafetor untheshaft
.
UNIT-IV
7. a) Wri
teanoteon: CO4 (
10)
i) Pri
nci
palmodesandnor malmodesofv ibr
ati
on
ii
) Gener
ali
zedcoordi
natesandpri
ncipalcoordi
nat
es.
b) Fi
g.7(
b)showsvibr
ator
ysystem.Deter
minet henatur
alf
requencyoft
hesy
stem. CO4 (
10)

8. Fort
hesystem showninfi
g.8. CO4 (
20)
i
) Der i
vetheequati
onofmoti
on
i
i) Setuptheequati
onandobt
ainnat
ural
frequenci
esoft
hesy
stem

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i
i)Obt ai
nthemodalv
ect
ors
i
v)Dr awmodeshapes
Neglectthei
ner
ti
aofwheel
sandf
ri
cti
onbet
weenwheel
andsur
face.

Fi
g.8

UNIT-V
9. a) Usi
ngStodola'
smethoddetermi
nethefundamental
modeofv ibr
ati
onandi
ts CO5 (
12)
nat
ural
frequencyof
 thespri
ngmasssystem showninFi
g.9(
a).

Fi
g.9(
a)

b) Fi
ndthelowestnat
uralf
requencyofvi
brat
ionforthesyst
em showni
nFi
g.9(
b) CO5 (
08)
by
 Rayl
eigh'
smet 96×1011 
hod.E=1. N/m2,=4×10-7 
l m4.

Fi
g.9(
b)

10. Det
erminet
henat
ural
frequencyoft
hesy
stem showni
ntheFi
g.10byHol
zer
's CO5 (
20)
method.
 

Fi
g.10

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