Tutorial 2 PDF
Tutorial 2 PDF
LUDHIANA
Department of Civil Engineering
MTST202 - 18 Structural Dynamics
Tutorial II
Single Degree of Freedom Systems – Free Vibration
6 2
massless beam EI = 10 k-in
W=
5 kips
60 in 60 in
Assume the damping ratio of the beam is = 10%. If displacement, u, corresponds to the
displacement of beam at the location of the attached weight, and if the system is given an
initial displacement of 0.5 in and an initial velocity of 15 in/sec determine the following:
a. Write the equation of motion of the system – what type of system is it (i.e.,
underdamped, critically damped, overdamped)?
b. The undamped natural frequency ( n) and period (Tn) of the system
c. The damped natural frequency ( d) and period (Td) of the system
d. The critical damping coefficient, ccr
e. Phase angle of the vibrating motion,
f. The peak displacement at time t = Td + / d
g. The peak displacement at time t = 2Td + / d
h. The log-decrement,
2. The city of Ann Arbor hires you to determine the dynamic properties of a frame
system for which it has lost the original blueprints. Being a brilliant U of M
alumnus, you decide to do a free vibration test of the frame system. Supplied with
a hydraulic jack, you are able to supply a jacking force to displace the frame.
With a jacking force of 20 kips you note the frame has displaced 0.2 in. After
jacking the frame, you release the frame from the jack and you record its motion.
On the first return swing after release, the frame does not come back to the release
point but rather only 0.16 in towards it. You recorded the time between the time
of release, and the first return of 0.16 in – this time is 1.4 seconds.
Determine the following:
a. Natural frequency ( n)
b. Mass of the girder (m)
c. Logarithmic decrement ( )
d. Damping ration ( )
e. Damping coefficient (c)
f. Damping frequency ( d)
g. Amplitude of the frame after 6 cycles, u6
h. Plot the time history response of the system, u(t)
u(t)
c
Jacking m
Force
p