208 VIBRATIONS OF CONTI NUO US SYSTEMS [C H A P.

A pplication o f the bound ary condition at x = 0 10 Eq . (7.5) leads to C , = O. Ap plication of the

boundary condition at x = L 10 Eq. (7 .5) with C, = 0 leads 10

The solutions of the above characteristic equatio n a re the syste m's na tural freq uencies.

EA~(L· ') D ~ a'u

~ mal , ( L. I)

Fig. 7-2

7.S A ship 's propeller is a 20-.m steel (E = 210 x 109 N/ m, p = 7800 kg/m3) shaft of diameter
r (+
10 cm. The shaft is fixed at one end with a SOD- kg propell er attached to the other end.
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What are the three lowest natural frequencies of lo ngitudin al vibration of the propeller-
shaft system?

T he propelle r-shaft syste m is modeled by the system of Problem 7.4 . T he tra nscende ntal
equation gove rn ing the natu ra l freque ncies is

pA L = <I> tan <I>

m

7800 ~
whe re <I> = W
L$ = w(20 m)
210 X IO' '!<'
m'
3.85 X IO -' w

( 7800 ~)1r(0.05 m)' (20 m)

a nd 2:45
500 kg

The three smallest solutions of the tra nscendental equation are

<1> , = 1.1 37, <1> , = 3.725 , <1>3 = 6.637

le adi ng to

W , = 295.3 rad , w, = 967 4 rad W , = 1724.0 rad

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