ANSYS REPORT 8

4080H133 納豐吉

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PROBLEM
DEFINITION
In 11.2.3, we mentioned that the rhythmic loading on the
floor may cause a safety issue. Is "dancing on the floor"
really an issue? Since the building is designed to
withstand a live load of 50 pst (b/ft?), we will assume that
a group of young people of 50 psf is dancing on a side-
span floor deck to simulate an asymmetric loading that
will cause the building to side sway. The dancing is so
hard that the young people generate a vertical periodical
force of 10 ps, that is, the loading fluctuates from 40 ps to
60 ps.
Engineers usually don't consider "dancing" as a serious
issue.
Let's look at a more realistic engineering consideration.
Imagine that an electric motor (or any rotatory machine) is
installed on the floor deck. The operational speed of the
machine is 3000 rpm. When started up, the machine's
speed increases from zero up to 3000 rpm.
Is the vibration caused by the rotatory machine an issue?
In this section, we will perform a harmonic response
analysis to answer these questions.

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PROCEDURE
Perform Modal Analysis
2. Perform Harmonic Response Analysis
3. Effect of Dancing
4. Effect of Rotatory Machine

RESULTS

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 DISCUSION
The harmonic response plot is an amplitude versus frequency plot. Because we are
investigating the effect of the dancing, we should look at the frequencies that are less
than 3 or 4 Hz. At dancing frequency of 1.52 Hz, the structure is excited such that the
maximum X-displacement is 0.00182 in.
In 12.3., the estimated dancing load is about 10 psf periodically. In 12.3.3, we input 1
psf of harmonic load; therefore, the estimated response should be 10 times 0.00182 in,
that is 0.0182 in. (0.46 mm). Obviously, this value is too small to be worried about.
We conclude that dancing is not an issue for this building.

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We were investigating the effect of the rotatory machine from 0 to 3000 rpm (50 Hz).
We estimated that the amplitude of the harmonic load (of the electric motor) should be
no more than 0.1 psf distributing on the floor (that totals to 40 lb). In 12.3.3 we input 1
psf of harmonic load; therefore, the estimated response should be 0.1 times of the
response.
Although high frequencies do excite the floor, the values are very small. At frequency of
10.3 Hz, the excitation reaches a maximum of 0.0033 in (0.1 times of 0.033 in), or 0.084
mm, that is even smaller than the dancing effect.
Therefore, the value is too small to cause an issue.
We conclude that the rotatory machine is safe for this building.

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