18CDC22 MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS AND ACOUSTICS

QUESTION BANK – UNIT-1

Part-A
1. Classify various types of vibration.
2. What is vibration isolation?
3. What is transmissibility?
4. Define Mechanical Vibrations.
5. Define the degree of freedom of a vibrating system.
6. Differentiate between Linear and nonlinear vibrations
7. Define spring stiffness and damping constant.
8. Define natural frequency.
9. State the different types of damping.
10. What is two degree of freedom system?
11. Write the names of materials which are used for vibration isolation.
12. What do you mean by under damped system?
13. Discuss the torsional oscillation.
14. Why the study of vibration is necessary in engineering?
15. What is resonance?
16. What is vibration isolation?
17. What is longitudinal vibration?
18. Explain the use of critical damping.
19. What is the difference between energy method and Rayleigh method?
20. Define harmonic series.
21. What is time period?
22. What is logarithmic decrement?
23. Define principal mode of vibration.
24. Write two uses of vibration.
25. What are the three elementary parts of a vibrating system?
26. How we can reduce the undesirable vibrations?
27. Define the magnification factor.
28. What is orthogonality principle?
29. What is transverse vibration?
30. What is the difference between a vibration absorber and vibration isolator?

Part-B

1. Two pendulums of length L are shown in Fig. Determine the

natural frequency of each pendulum. If k = 100 N/m, m1 = 2
kg, m2 = 5 kg, L = 0·20 m & a = 0·10 m
2. A gun barrel of mass 600 kg has a recoil spring of stiffness 294000 N/m. If the barrel recoils
1.3 m on firing, determine initial recoil velocity of the barrel and the time required for
the barrel to return to a position 5cm from the initial position.

3. Elaborate clearly the significance of under-damped, over-damped and critically-damped

systems in free vibration systems with viscous damping? What are their application areas?

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