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The document discusses four problems involving mechanical vibrations of damped single degree of freedom systems. The first problem involves determining properties of a critically damped gun recoil mechanism. The second problem involves determining properties of a critically damped cannon recoil mechanism. The third problem involves determining properties of a critically damped door closing mechanism. The fourth problem involves deriving equations of motion and determining responses for a damped cart system.

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The document discusses four problems involving mechanical vibrations of damped single degree of freedom systems. The first problem involves determining properties of a critically damped gun recoil mechanism. The second problem involves determining properties of a critically damped cannon recoil mechanism. The third problem involves determining properties of a critically damped door closing mechanism. The fourth problem involves deriving equations of motion and determining responses for a damped cart system.

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Egyptian Academy for Engineering and Advanced Technology

Third year of Mechanical Engineering Department (Mechatronics)


MEC 362: Mechanical Vibrations
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Sheet 6: Free Vibrations of SDOF Systems


Solution of Critically damped and Overdamped SDOF Systems

1. The schematic diagram of a large cannon is shown in figure. 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 500 kg
with a recoil spring of stiffness 10,000 N/m. The gun recoils 0.4 m upon firing.
Find (a) the critical damping coefficient of the damper, (b) the initial recoil
velocity of the gun, and (c) the time taken by the gun to return to a position 0.1
m from its initial position.

2. The recoil mechanisms of large firearms are designed with critical damping to
take advantage of the quickest return to the firing position without oscillation.
A 52 kg cannon is to return to within 50 mm of its firing position 0.1 s after
maximum recoil. The initial recoil velocity of the cannon is 2.5 m/s. Determine
(a) the stiffness of the recoil mechanism, (b) the damping coefficient of the
recoil mechanism, and (c) the maximum recoil.

3. The restroom door shown is equipped with a torsional


spring and a torsional viscous damper so that it
automatically returns to its closed position after being
opened. The door has a mass of 60 kg and a centroidal
moment of inertia about an axis parallel to the axis of
the door’s rotation of 7.2 kg.m2. The torsional spring has
a stiffness of 25 N.m/rad.

1 Dr. Ahmed Hegazy


Egyptian Academy for Engineering and Advanced Technology
Third year of Mechanical Engineering Department (Mechatronics)
MEC 362: Mechanical Vibrations
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a. What is the damping coefficient such that the system is critically damped?
b. A man with an armload of packages, but in a hurry, kicks the door to cause
it to open. What angular velocity must his kick impart to cause the door to
open 70° ?
c. How long after his kick will the door return to within 5° of completely
closing?

4. For the system shown,


a. Derive the differential equation for the system.
b. For what value of c is the system critically damped?
c. Suppose the cart is displaced 3 cm
from equilibrium and released.
Determine x(t) if ζ=0.25, ζ=1, and
ζ=1.25.
d. How long will it take for the response
to be permanently within 1 mm of the
equilibrium position if ζ=0.25, ζ=1,
and ζ=1.25?

2 Dr. Ahmed Hegazy

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