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This document contains 7 questions regarding modeling spring-mass systems and damped harmonic oscillators using MATLAB. It involves determining damping constants, plotting variations in spring stiffness, modeling displacement, velocity and acceleration of particles over time, designing beams with specific stiffness requirements, plotting variations in natural frequency and time period, and modeling time variations of displacement, velocity and acceleration for a spring-mass system with initial conditions. It also includes deriving and solving the equation of motion for a spring-mass system vibrating on an inclined surface.

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Assignment 01 MV

This document contains 7 questions regarding modeling spring-mass systems and damped harmonic oscillators using MATLAB. It involves determining damping constants, plotting variations in spring stiffness, modeling displacement, velocity and acceleration of particles over time, designing beams with specific stiffness requirements, plotting variations in natural frequency and time period, and modeling time variations of displacement, velocity and acceleration for a spring-mass system with initial conditions. It also includes deriving and solving the equation of motion for a spring-mass system vibrating on an inclined surface.

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Assignment 01:

Q.1. The damping coefficient of the dashpot shown in Figure Q.1 is given by
6l
c
h3

h
a
2

a2 r 2

r
h
h
a

Determine the damping constant of the dashpot for the following data: = 0.3445 Pa-s; l = 10
cm; h = 0.1 cm; a = 2 cm; r = 0.5 cm.

Find variation of damping constant ( c ) when


i) r is varied from 0.5 cm to 1.0 cm
ii) h is varied from 0.05 cm to 0.1 cm
iii) a is varied from 2 cm to 4 cm
Use MATLAB to plot variations of the damping constant ( c ) with respect to r, h, and a.
Q.2. Use MATLAB to plot variation of spring stiffness ( k ) with deformation ( x ) given by the
relations:
i)

k 1000 x 100 x 2 ;

ii )

k 500 500 x ;
2

0x4
0x4

Q.3. Write a MATLAB program to determine the maximum acceleration of a particle whose
displacement is given by
x(t ) 0.003e 1.5t sin(14t 0.14)

Plot the displacement, velocity and acceleration of particle as a function of time.


Q.4. Write a MATLAB program to determine the stiffness of a simply supported beam of length
L, Elastic modulus E, and cross-sectional moment of inertia I, at a distance a from the left
support. Use the program to design a simply supported aluminum beam of length 5 m that has a
stiffness between 4 x 104 to 1 x 105 N/m when a 500 kg machine is mounted on the beam at a
distance of 2 m from the left support.
Q.5. Plot the variations of the natural frequency and the time period with static deflection of an
undamped system using MATLAB.

Q.6. A spring-mass system with a mass of 20 kg and stiffness 500 N/m is subject to an initial
displacement of 75 mm and an initial velocity of 100 mm/s. Plot the time variations of the mass s
displacement, velocity, and acceleration using MATLAB.
Q.7.The mass of a spring-mass system vibrates on a dry surface inclined at 30 to the horizontal
as shown in Fig. Q.7.
a. Derive the equation of motion.
b. Find the response of the system for the following data:

Find the response of the system using MATLAB.

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