The assignment is aimed at studying the inuence of support motion on a body of mass m with

stiness k and damping c. Due to the presence of support vibration, in addition to the displacement
and damping experienced by the body, the eect of support also has to be implemented.

Substituting the motion of the base as y = Y sinωt, we get the solution in the form
mẍ + cẋ + kx = ky + cẏ
= kY sin ωt + cωY cos ωt
= A sin (ωt − α)

where A = Y k2 + (cω)2 and α = tan−1 −cω . This reveals a standard equation of a harmonically
p

k
excited system. Once the initial transients die down, the steady state response of the system can be
written as
A
xpi = p sin (ωt − α − ϕ1 )
(k − mω 2 )2 + (cω)2
 
cω
where ϕ1 = tan−1
k − mω 2

This can be once again written as

xpi = X sin (ωt − ϕ)
where ϕ = ϕ1 + α
   
−1 −cω −1 cω
= tan + tan
k k − mω 2
3
 
−1 mcω
= tan
k(k − mω 2 ) + (cω)2
2ζr3
 
−1
= tan
1 + (4ζ 2 − 1) r2

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and X can be written as
A
X=p
(k − mω 2 )2 + (cω)2
p
Y k 2 + (cω)2
=p
(k − mω 2 )2 + (cω)2
s
1 + (2ζr)2
=Y
(1 − r2 )2 + (2ζr)2

Displacement transmissibility can be written as

s
X 1 + (2ζr)2
=
Y (1 − r2 )2 + (2ζr)2

The eective force transmitted to the base as a result of the reaction from the mass is given by
˙ = −mẍ
F = k(x − y) + c(ẋ − (y)
From earlier derivation, we know that xpi = X sin(ωt−ϕ). Taking double derivative and substituting
in the above equation gives
F = mω 2 Xsin(ωt − ϕ)
= FT sin(ωt − ϕ)
where FT is the maximum value of the transmitted force. The variation of the transmitted force
with r and ζ is shown in Fig. 1.

Force transmissibility is hence written as

s
FT 1 + (2ζr)2
= r2
kY (1 − r2 )2 + (2ζr)2

The transmitted force is in phase with the motion of the mass. The displacement transmissibility
and corresponding phase are hence plotted in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.

Key Takeaways from the Graphs

1. Displacement transimissibility, Td , is closer to 1 for small values of r.
√
2. r = 2 is a cross over
√ point for all ζ values and Td = 1 at that point. Td is less than 1 for all
values beyond r = 2
√
√ r = 2, for smaller damping ratios, the graph peaks to large values whereas beyond
3. Below
r = 2, the values are below 1.
4. Dierentiating Td with respect to r and equating to zero reveals that the location of maximum
Td occurs at
1 p 1/2
r= 1 + 8ζ 2 − 1
2ζ

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 Figure 1: Force transmissibility for dierent ζ

Figure 2: Displacement transmissibility for dierent ζ

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Figure 3: Phase Dierence