HW #04 – Derive the displacement response to

arbitrary force
LY THIERNO MOUHAMADOU SAMASSA_D2021738
According to Newton’s 2nd law (Applied Force = rate of change of momentum)
𝑝𝑑𝑡
𝑝𝑑𝑡 = 𝑚∆𝑢̇ ⇒ 𝑢̇ (𝑡) = 𝑚

𝑝𝑑𝜏
At t= 𝜏 ⇒ 𝑢̇ (𝜏) = 𝑚

For Undamped free vibration

𝒖̇ (𝟎)
𝒖(𝒕) = 𝒖(𝟎)𝒄𝒐𝒔𝝎𝒏 𝒕 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝝎𝒏 𝒕
𝝎𝒏
𝑝𝑑𝜏
Initial conditions: 𝒖(𝟎) = 𝟎 𝒖̇ (𝟎) = 𝑢̇ (𝜏) =
𝑚

1
For a unit impulse 𝑝𝑑𝜏 = 1 hence, 𝒖̇ (𝟎) = 𝑢̇ (𝜏) =
𝑚

With time 𝑡 = 𝑡 − (𝜏 + 𝜀)
𝜀 very small so 𝑡 = 𝑡 − 𝜏
1
𝑢(𝑡) = 𝑚𝝎 sin[𝝎𝒏 (𝑡 − 𝜏)]: Response for unit impulse
𝒏

With the expression of the unit impulse we can find out the Response to Arbitrary Force
Impulse at 𝑡 = 𝜏 is 𝑝(𝜏)𝑑𝜏
𝑑𝑢(𝑡) = 𝑝(𝜏)𝑑𝜏 ∗ (𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒)
1
𝑑𝑢(𝑡) = 𝑝(𝜏)𝑑𝜏 ∗ 𝑚𝝎 sin[𝝎𝒏 (𝑡 − 𝜏)]
𝒏
 1 𝑡
𝑢(𝑡) = ∫ 𝑝(𝜏) ∗ sin[𝝎𝒏 (𝑡 − 𝜏)]𝑑𝜏: Response to Arbitrary Force for undamped
𝑚 𝝎𝒏 0

For damped free vibration (Underdamped)

𝒖̇ (𝟎) + 𝜻𝝎𝒏 𝒖(𝟎)

𝒖(𝒕) = 𝒆−𝜻𝝎𝒏𝒕 [𝒖(𝟎)𝒄𝒐𝒔𝝎𝑫 𝒕 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝝎𝑫 𝒕]
𝝎𝑫
𝑝𝑑𝜏
Initial conditions: 𝒖(0) = 0 𝑢̇ (0) = 𝑢̇ (𝜏) = 𝑚
1
For a unit impulse 𝑝𝑑𝜏 = 1 hence, 𝑢̇ (0) = 𝑢̇ (𝜏) =
𝑚

With time 𝑡 = 𝑡 − (𝜏 + 𝜀)
𝜀 very small so 𝑡 = 𝑡 − 𝜏

𝑢(𝑡) = 𝑚𝝎
1
𝒆−𝜻𝝎𝒏(𝒕−𝝉) sin[𝝎𝑫 (𝑡 − 𝜏)]: Response for unit impulse
𝑫

With the expression of the unit impulse we can find out the Response to Arbitrary Force
Impulse at 𝑡 = 𝜏 is 𝑝(𝜏)𝑑𝜏
𝑑𝑢(𝑡) = 𝑝(𝜏)𝑑𝜏 ∗ (𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒)

𝑑𝑢(𝑡) = 𝑝(𝜏)𝑑𝜏 ∗ 𝒆−𝜻𝝎𝒏(𝒕−𝝉)

1
sin[𝝎𝑫 (𝑡 − 𝜏)]
𝑚 𝝎𝑫

𝑢(𝑡) =
1 𝑡
∫ 𝑝(𝜏)
𝑚 𝝎𝑫 0
𝒆−𝜻𝝎𝒏(𝒕−𝝉) sin[𝝎𝑫 (𝑡 − 𝜏)]𝑑𝜏 : Response to Arbitrary Force for
damped free vibration.