RESPONSE OF MECHANICAL

SYSTEMS TO VIBRATIONS AND

SHOCKS
GROUP 2 -BSME 2B
 3.1. RESPONSE OF LINEAR
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
TO VIBRATIONS. RESONANCE
RESONANCE
is a condition that can occur in
mechanical structures and can be
described as sensitivity to a
certain vibration frequency
RESPONSE
motion of a mechanical system
subjected to external forces
EXCITATION
the external forces
acting upon the
system
SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEM

This system is called a single degree-of-

freedom system in that it consists of one
mass only, which moves along one axis only
and its motion can thus be described by a
single second order differential equation.
SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEM

A System in free vibrations B System in fORCE vibrations

-NO EXTERNAL FORCE APPLIED -WITH APPLIED EXTERNAL FORCE

-TIME INVARIANT
 SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEM

where v[t) = velocity and

a(t) = acceleration of the
mass, m
The solution of this equation gives directly the
displacement response, x(t), of the mass, m, produced by
the excitation, f(t). Other response quantities such as the
velocity response or the acceleration response can be
found from the well known relationships between the
displacement, velocity and acceleration
SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE
very powerful tool in obtaining the
required solutions which is applicable to
linear differential equations
states that the effect of simultaneously
super-imposed actions is equal to the sum
of the effects of each individual action.
COMPLEX FREQUENCY RESPONSE FUNCTION OF THE
SYSTEM

response which gives

information