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This document contains three tutorial problems about mechanical systems. Problem 1 describes an artillery gun mounted on a recoil system of springs and dampers. It asks to derive the gun's response assuming no damping, and the force transmitted to the platform. Problem 2 shows a quarter car model with a mass excited by a step input. It asks for the mass response and to plot it. Problem 3 shows a similar mass-spring-damper system, but with a sinusoidal road profile. It asks for various frequency response functions between the system and the road excitation.

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Tutorial Problems

This document contains three tutorial problems about mechanical systems. Problem 1 describes an artillery gun mounted on a recoil system of springs and dampers. It asks to derive the gun's response assuming no damping, and the force transmitted to the platform. Problem 2 shows a quarter car model with a mass excited by a step input. It asks for the mass response and to plot it. Problem 3 shows a similar mass-spring-damper system, but with a sinusoidal road profile. It asks for various frequency response functions between the system and the road excitation.

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TUTORIAL PROBLEMS

KDOM (ME 316)


Problem 1
In artillery guns, the chemical energy of the propellant is converted into kinetic energy,
that both propels the projectile as well as gives rise to a recoil in the opposite direction.
The barrel from which the shell/projectile is fired is mounted on a recoil absorbing system
that can be approximated by a combination of springs and viscous dampers. A simplified
schematic illustration of such a gun of mass M mounted on a platform (such as a ship)
through a simple spring-damper system (of stiffness k and viscous damping coefficient c)
is shown below. The gun fires a projectile of mass m at an angle to the horizontal, and
at a muzzle velocity of v.

v
m
q
c
M
k

Considering the profile for the recoil force exerted on the gun starts from zero, attains
a maximum value of f0 after a time T /2 , and then returns to zero over a time T /2 . The
equation governing such a force can be written as,



2t
F (t) = f0 1 cos
T
a) Assuming no damping, derive the expression for the response of the gun.
b) The forced transmitted to the platform.

Problem 2
x(t)

M
c

h
The schematic diagram of a quarter car model is shown in the above figure. While
moving on a road, a step of height h, comes across the wheel.
a) Find the response x (t) of the mass M, due to the step excitation.
b) Plot the response.

Problem 3
x(t)

M
k

c
e(t)

If the profile of the surface is sinusoidal, drive the following:


a) Frequency response function (FRF) between force transmitted to the body (M ) and
the road acceleration.
b) FRF between displacement of the mass (M ) and the road profile.
c) FRF between force exerted on the damper and the road acceleration.

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