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This document contains an assignment with 4 questions about analyzing vibrations in mechanical systems. Question 1 asks to determine stresses at the base of a wind turbine support from an unbalanced mass on the rotating blades. Question 2 involves deriving the equation of motion for a system with a mass and rotating disc. Question 3 requires determining the response of an air compressor mounted on rubber mounts with an unbalanced mass. Question 4 is about finding the amplitude of vibrations in a steel beam carrying an electric motor with an unbalanced rotor.

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Vibration Assignment 3

This document contains an assignment with 4 questions about analyzing vibrations in mechanical systems. Question 1 asks to determine stresses at the base of a wind turbine support from an unbalanced mass on the rotating blades. Question 2 involves deriving the equation of motion for a system with a mass and rotating disc. Question 3 requires determining the response of an air compressor mounted on rubber mounts with an unbalanced mass. Question 4 is about finding the amplitude of vibrations in a steel beam carrying an electric motor with an unbalanced rotor.

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MCB3103 VIBRATIONS

May 2013 Semester


Assignment 3

1. A three-bladed wind turbine (Figure A3-1) has a small unbalanced mass m located at a
radius r in the plane of the blades. The blades are located from the central vertical (y) axis at
a distance R and rotate at an angular velocity of . If the supporting truss can be modeled
as a hollow steel shaft of outer diameter 0.1 m and inner diameter 0.08 m, determine the
maximum stresses developed at the base of the support (point A). The mass moment of
inertia of the turbine system about the vertical (y) axis is J0. Assume R = 0.5 m, m = 0.1 kg, r
= 0.1 m, J0 = 120 kg-m2, h = 10 m, and = 31.416 rad/s.

Figure A3-1

2. Consider the system shown in Figure A2-2.


a. Draw free-body-diagrams on the mass m and the disc J0.
b. Based on the results in 2(a), derive equation of motion of the system using 2 nd law of
Newton.
c. Find the steady-state response of the system for the following data: k1 = 1,200 N/m, k2 =
800 N/m, c = 500 N-s/m, m = 15 kg, r = 8 cm, J0 = 1 kg-m2, F0 = 100 N, and = 30 rad/s.

Figure A3-2

3. A single-cylinder air compressor of mass 100 kg is mounted on rubber mounts, as shown in

Figure A3-3. The stiffness and damping constants of the rubber mounts are given bay 10 6
N/m and 2,250 N-s/m, respectively. If the unbalance of compressor is equivalent to a mass
0.15 kg located at the end of the crank (point A), determine the response of the compressor
at a crank speed of 3,200 rpm. Assume r = 12 cm and l = 45 cm.

Figure A3-3

4. A fixed-fixed steel beam, of length 6 m, width 0.4 m, and thickness 0.12 m, carries an
electric motor of mass 60 kg and speed 1,200 rpm at its mid-span, as shown in Figure A3-4.
A rotating force of magnitude F0 = 5,000 N is developed due to the unbalance in the rotor of
the motor. Find the amplitude of steady-state vibrations by disregarding the mass of the
beam. What will be the amplitude if the mass of the beam is considered?

Figure A3-4

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