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NUST Institute of Civil Engineering (NUST)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE)


National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), H-12, Islamabad

CE 809: Structural Dynamics 3 (3-0) Semester: August 2021

Assignment 1: Free Vibration Response of an SDF System

Question 1:

Consider a simple structure which is idealized as a single-degree-of-freedom (SDF) system as shown in


Figure 1. The mass 𝑚 of the structure is 4000 𝑘𝑔 which is supported by massless columns with
combined stiffness 𝑘 = 16 × 105 𝑁/𝑚.

Figure 1: An undamped SDF system

Task 1: Determine the natural cyclic frequency “𝑓”, natural circular frequency “ 𝜔”, and natural time period
“𝑇” of the system using analytical expressions derived in class.

Task 2: determine the change in the natural cyclic frequency “𝑓” of the system if

Case (a): the mass 𝑚 is doubled

Case (b): the stiffness 𝑘 is reduced to 50% of its original value

Task 3: Suppose that we want to reduce the natural cyclic frequency “𝑓” of this system to 85% of its
actual value. For this purpose, suppose that only the mass 𝑚 of this system is allowed to be changed.
Determine the change in mass 𝑚 which would result in the required reduction in natural cyclic frequency.

Task 4: Suppose that the real structure has some tendency to dissipate energy during the oscillations and
we are interested in determining the damping coefficient 𝑐 and critical damping ratio 𝜉 of this system.
For this purpose, a free vibration response test is conducted for this system and the resulting response is
shown in Figure 2 below.
Displacement
Time

Figure 2: Free vibration response of the SDF system measured from experiment

Determine the damping coefficient 𝑐 and critical damping ratio 𝜉 of this system.

Question 2:

A simple structure is idealized as a single-degree-of-freedom (SDF) system and is shown in Figure 3


below. Its whole mass 12,000 Kg is assumed to be concentrated at top which is supported by two steel
columns with hollow cross-sections. The columns are assumed massless, rigid in vertical direction, and
firmly fixed to the rigid ground. Important structural dimensions and the column’s cross-section are shown
in Figure 3. The modulus of elasticity of steel is 2 × 1011 𝑁/𝑚2 .

12,000 Kg

0.015 m

Figure 3: A simple structure supported by two columns and a lateral spring


Task 1: Construct a computer model of this simple structure using ETABS 2016 or SAP 2000. Determine
the natural frequency (𝑓), natural circular frequency ( 𝜔) and the natural time period ( 𝑇) of this simple
structure from computer software.

Task 2: Compare the values determined with computer program with analytical values determined using
the expressions derived in class.

Task 3: Determine and plot the undamped free vibration response of the system for the following three
initial conditions.

a) 𝑢(0) = 0.03 𝑚, 𝑢̇ (0) = 0 𝑚/𝑠


b) 𝑢(0) = 0.03 𝑚, 𝑢̇ (0) = 0.2 𝑚/𝑠
c) 𝑢(0) = 0.03 𝑚, 𝑢(0.5 𝑠𝑒𝑐) = −0.02 𝑚/𝑠

Overlay the plots of displacement responses for each case in the same figure.

Task 4: Consider the case when the simple structure shown in Figure 3 is modelled with an energy
dissipation mechanism in the form of viscous damping. Suppose that the critical damping ratio ( 𝜉 ) of this
structure is 0.05. Determine and plot the damped displacement response of structure for all three sets of
initial conditions given in Task 3. Compare the displacement-vs-time plots for undamped and damped
cases. Overlay the plots of displacement responses for both cases in the same figure.
Elastic Stiffness
Deflection and stiffness for various systems (due to bending moment only)

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