Advanced Vibrations

MECHENG 4105/7030
School of Electrical and
Mechanical Engineering

Assignment 2 - 2023
This assignment is due 5:00 pm Tuesday 17th Oct, 2023.
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Late submission incurs a 5 marks penalty per day (including the weekend).

1. For a vibrating beam shown in Figure 1, please (a) write the boundary condition equations and (b) obtain the
natural frequencies. A = 120 mm2, I = 1000 mm4, E = 20.5 ×1010 N/m2, ρ = 7.83×103 kg/m3, L = 1 m, and k =
4000 N/m.
[15+25 marks]

ρ, E, A, I

Figure 1
2. For a quarter car model show in Figure 2, please determine its natural frequencies if:

ms 1085/4 kg
mu 40 kg
ks 10000 N/m
ku 150000 N/m
cs 800 N s/m

[30 marks]

xs
ms

ks cs
xu
mu

ku y

Figure 2
3. Please determine the oscillation response of a fixed-fixed string. At time t = 0, the middle point of the string is
pulled out by a distance H and then let it go. H = 0.4 m and L = 1.1 m.

[30 marks]

W0(x)

W0(x) = H sin(xπ)/L

0
L/2 L x

Figure 3

Total: 100 Marks

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Advanced Vibrations
MECHENG 4105/7030
School of Mechanical
Engineering

Assignment 2 - 2021
This assignment is due 5:00 pm Tuesday 19th Oct, 2021.
Please submit it online.
Late submission incurs a 5 marks penalty per day (including the weekend).

1. (a) Please obtain the characteristic equation of a system with the equation of motion given below:

2m 0   x1   6c −c   x1   10k −5k   x1  F1 

0  +  +   =   sin( t )


15m  x2   −c 2c   x2   −5k 6k   x2  F2 

(b) If the damping matrix becomes skew-symmetric as shown below, for c=7.5 N·s /m, k=550 N/m, and m=2 kg
in the characteristic equation obtain the natural frequencies of the system.

 6c +c 
C  = −c 2c 


(c) If the damping matrix stays symmetric as shown below, for c=7.5 N·s /m, k=550 N/m, and m=2 kg in the
characteristic equation obtain the natural frequencies of the system.

 6c −c 
C  = −c 2c 


[20+20+10 marks]

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2. (a) Please determine the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a fixed-fixed string. At time t =0, the middle
point of the string is pulled out (as its initial configuration follows the function w 0 ) and then let it go.

[30 marks]

w0(x)

0
L/2 L x

Figure 1

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3. Please obtain the boundary condition equations for the beam system shown below.
[20 marks]

kt 1

m2

m1
Beam, EI

k1 c1 k2 c2

x=0 x=L

Figure 2

Total: 100 Marks

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 Advanced Vibrations
MECHENG 4105/7030
School of Mechanical
Engineering

Assignment 2 - 2022
This assignment is due 5:00 pm Wednesday 19th Oct,
2022.Please submit it online.
Late submission incurs a 5 marks penalty per day (including the weekend).

1. For a simply-supported steel beam (Figure 1.A) with the physical and geometrical properties given as:

Young’s Modulus (E) Density (ρ) Thickness (h) Length (L) Width (b)
210 GPa 7800 kg/m3 0.05 m 2.00 m 0.15 m
3
A=bh, I=(1/12)bh

(a) Please determine the first five natural frequencies in Hz.

(b) For the three boundary conditions given in Figures 1(A)-1(C), which one has the highest 𝜔1? What is the
reason for this?

(c) If a spring is attached to the middle of the beam of Figure 1(C), do you expect to see increase in natural
frequency?

[10+10+10 marks]

(𝐴)

(𝐵)

(𝐶)

Figure 1
2. (a) Derive the equation of motion of the double-pendulum shown below (Figure 2) using Lagrange’s equation.
(Assume the rotation angles are small and the end masses are concentrated with J = 0)
(b) Determine the natural frequencies?
(c) If the spring stiffness is doubled (from k to 2k), will the natural frequencies change? Please explain in detail.

[20+10+10 marks]

Figure 2
3. For the quarter car model given in Figure 3 with the properties of

ms Quarter mass of the vehicle

mu Mass of the wheel
me Eccentric mass
ku Tire stiffness
ks Suspension stiffness
cs Tire damping
cu Suspension damping

(a) Please derive the equations of motion of the system by using Lagrange’s equations and write them in a matrix
form (ignore gravity).
(b) Obtain the natural frequencies in Hz if the properties are as follows

ms (kg) mu (kg) me (kg) ks (N/m) cs (Ns/m) ku (N/m) cu s/m)

350 50 20 40,000 0 200,000 0

[15+15 marks]

Figure 3

Total: 100 Marks