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This document provides instructions for Assignment 01 on the topic of Vibration and Fault Diagnosis. It outlines that the assignment covers Units 01-03 and includes 7 questions requiring explanation of concepts such as mechanical vibration, machine design modifications to reduce vibration, use of dynamic models in vibration design, derivation of equations related to oscillatory systems, effects of vibration on robot performance, stability of inverted pendulums, and analysis of a gun recoil mechanism. It also provides the deadline for submission as August 3, 2018 and specifies acceptable submission methods.

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DMX4572-Assignment 1

This document provides instructions for Assignment 01 on the topic of Vibration and Fault Diagnosis. It outlines that the assignment covers Units 01-03 and includes 7 questions requiring explanation of concepts such as mechanical vibration, machine design modifications to reduce vibration, use of dynamic models in vibration design, derivation of equations related to oscillatory systems, effects of vibration on robot performance, stability of inverted pendulums, and analysis of a gun recoil mechanism. It also provides the deadline for submission as August 3, 2018 and specifies acceptable submission methods.

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THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


B.TECH HONOURS IN ENGINEERING (MECHATRONICS) – LEVEL 04
ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

DMX4572- VIBRATION AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS


ASSIGNMENT NO 01
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE ANSWERING THE ASSIGNMENT
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This assignment is based on Unit 01, Unit 02, and Unit 03. You may require referring addition resources for
more information.
2. Answer all questions
3. Submission of assignments can be done by any of the following methods
I. By registered post to the address given below
THE COURSE CO-ORDINATOR IN DMX4572
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA
P.O.BOX 21, NAWALA
NUGEGODA
II. Depositing it into the assignment box located outside the Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory at
Science & Technology building, Nawala.
III. Personally handing it over to the respective Coordinator. (Make sure that it is day stamped).
4. Deadline for submission: 3rd August 2018. Please note that late submissions will not be entertained.

1) Explain why mechanical vibration is an important area of study for engineers. Mechanical vibrations
are known to have harmful effects as well as useful ones. Briefly describe five practical examples of
“good vibrations” and five practical examples of “bad vibrations”.

2) Under some conditions it may be necessary to modify or redesign a machine with respect to its
performance under vibrations.
a) What are the possible reasons for this?
b) What are some of the modifications that may be carried out on a machine in order to suppress
its vibrations?

3) Dynamic modeling, both analytical and experimental (e.g., experimental modal analysis), is quite
important in the design and development of a product for good performance with regard to vibration.
Indicate how a dynamic model may be utilized in the vibration design of a device.

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4) The experimental setup to demonstrate energy conversion and natural oscillation is shown in Figure
1. It has been demonstrated of some important concepts in mechanical vibration. The mass 𝑚 of the
ball is known. The interior of the see-through tube may be assumed frictionless. By hanging known
weights from the string and noting the corresponding deflections of the top end of the spring, it is
possible to determine the stiffness 𝑘 of the spring. After this is done, the relaxed position of the spring
is noted. Then the ball is carefully placed on the top platform of the spring. The string is pulled by
hand, so that the spring deflects through a distance 𝑥 from the relaxed position, and then carefully
released. The ball ejects vertically as a result and rises to a maximum height of ℎ (without hitting the
height indicator) as measured from the relaxed configuration of the spring.
a) Derive an expression for ℎ in terms of 𝑥, 𝑘, and 𝑚. Give all the details of the derivation and
the assumptions made.
b) Explain the reasons why, in practice your expression as derived in Q4(a), will not exactly hold.
c) The ball drops on the platform and pushes the spring as a result. Is there a process of natural
oscillation in the resulting response? Explain.

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Figure 1

5) Consider the simplified model of a single-degree-of-freedom robot arm (single link) shown in Figure
2. The link is driven by a dc motor, through a light shaft of torsional stiffness 𝑘𝑠 . Discuss how
mechanical vibrations in a robot arm could adversely affect its performance.

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Figure 2

6) The inverted pendulum may be used as a simple model in the stability studies of inherently unstable
systems such as rockets. Consider an inverted pendulum of point mass 𝑚 and length 𝑙, which is
restrained at its pivot (assumed to be smooth) by a torsional spring of stiffness 𝑘. This arrangement is
sketched in Figure 3.
a) Derive an equation of motion for this system.
b) Obtain an expression for the natural frequency of small oscillations 𝜃 about the vertical
configuration. Under what conditions would such oscillations not be possible (i.e., the system
would become unstable)?

Figure 3

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7) The schematic diagram of a large cannon is shown in Figure 4. When the gun is fired, high pressure
gases accelerate the projectile inside the barrel to a very high velocity. The reaction force pushes the
gun barrel in the direction opposite that of the projectile. Since it is desirable to bring the gun barrel
to rest in the shortest time without oscillation, it is made to translate backward against a critically
damped spring-damper system called the recoil mechanism. In a particular case, the gun barrel and
the recoil mechanism have a mass of 500𝑘𝑔 with a recoil spring of stiffness 10,000𝑁/𝑚. The gun
recoils 0.4𝑚 upon firing.
a) Find the critical damping coefficient of the damper.
b) Find the initial recoil velocity of the gun.
c) Find the time taken by the gun to return to a position 0.1 m from its initial position.

Figure 4

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