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Structural Dynamics

Fall Semester 2024-2025


Homework #2

Single Degree of Freedom Systems – Free Vibration

1. Chopra Problem 2.4

2. Chopra Problem 2.6

3. Chopra Problem 2.16

4. Consider a heavy mass of weight W on the following beam system:


EI = 106 kN-cm2, W = 5 ton

1.5 m 1.5 m

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 1.5cm and an
initial velocity of 40 cm/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 (ω ) and period (T) of the system
c. The damped natural frequency ( ωd) and period (Td) of the system
d. The critical damping coefficient, ccr
e. Phase angle of the vibrating motion, θ
θ
f. The peak displacement at time t=T d +
ωd
θ
g. The peak displacement at time t=2 T d +
ωd
h. The log-decrement, δ

5. A company hires you to determine the dynamic properties of a frame


system for which it has lost the original drawings. 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
100 kN you note the frame has displaced 0.5 cm. 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 0.4cm towards it. You recorded the time between the
time of release, and the first return of 0.4cm – this time is 1.4 seconds.

Determine the following:


a. Natural frequency (ω )
b. Mass of the girder (m)
c. Logarithmic decrement (δ)
d. Damping ration (ξ)
e. Damping coefficient (c)
f. Damping frequency ( ωd)
g. Amplitude of the frame after 6 cycles, u6
h. Plot the time history response of the system, u(t)

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