Structural Dynamics 14th November 2019

SDOF systems response using

DUHAMEL Integral

(L) Dr.-Ing. Volkmar Zabel volkmar.zabel@uni-weimar.de

(E) M.Sc. Fabiola Tartaglione fabiola.tartaglione@uni-weimar.de

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Institute of Structural Mechanics
INTRODUCTION| Content

- Free vibrations

- Forced vibrations

- Harmonic excitation

- Impulse excitation

- Base excitation

- External forcing, rotor excitation….

© http://linearvibrations.blogspot.com/2014/02/harmonic-excitation-of-one-degree-of.html

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BASE EXCITATION| Equation of motion

Free-body diagram

For a SDOF system with base excitation the equation of motion (EOM) can be derived from the free-body diagram
together with Newton's second law of motion:

rearranging leads to

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DUHAMEL INTEGRAL| Discretisation

The Duhamel integral can be used to calculate the response of a linear system to arbitrary excitations.

Duhamel Integral

with

Using discretised time steps of length t the Duhamel integral becomes a summation:

Discretised response
simplifying the
expression: with

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DUHAMEL INTEGRAL| Considering base excitation

Considering the Duhamel integral for arbitrary excitations:

Discretised response

with

Alternatively, we can use the discretised Duhamel integral for base excitation, that was also derived in the lecture

Discretised response for base excitation

with

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EXAMPLE | Moving vehicle

PROPERTIES OF THE SDOF SYSTEM

 Mass of the vehicle m = 2.000 Kg

 Stiffness of the spring k = 1.106 N/m

 Damping ratio = 0.05

 Velocity of the vehicle v = 60kph

 Length of bump L = 0.5 m

 Height of bump/dent** d = -0.2m

 Start time tstart = -0.01 s

 Stop time tstop = 1.0 s

** negative value = dent

positive value = bump

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TASKS | Duhamel Integral

For all time steps ti, calculate the vertical displacement x(ti) of the mass m of the system shown on the previous slide
when exposed to the base excitation produced by the bump/dent.

Main File: ex SDOF Impulse.m

User-function to calculate Force at the base: calc F base.m
User-function to calculate Displacement at the base: calc xb.m

TASKS
 Write the input parameters regarding the example
given. Check the main file identify the steps
needed to implement the algorithm given in the
lecture notes.
 Use the prepared functions to determine the base
force and base displacement.
 Implement the discretised Duhamel integral to
calculate the system’s response by using both
base force (general discretised Duhamel) and
base displacement (discretised Duhamel for base
excitation).

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