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Assignment 1 - SDOF Free Vibration

The document outlines a series of assignments related to single degree of freedom (SDOF) free vibration problems, including calculations for natural periods, stiffness, and equations of motion for various systems. It covers scenarios involving a heavy table, an electromagnet with iron scrap, a diver on a diving board, a mass-spring-damper system, and a system of interconnected masses. Each problem requires the determination of specific physical properties and equations based on given parameters.

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Assignment 1 - SDOF Free Vibration

The document outlines a series of assignments related to single degree of freedom (SDOF) free vibration problems, including calculations for natural periods, stiffness, and equations of motion for various systems. It covers scenarios involving a heavy table, an electromagnet with iron scrap, a diver on a diving board, a mass-spring-damper system, and a system of interconnected masses. Each problem requires the determination of specific physical properties and equations based on given parameters.

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Assignment 1 – SDOF Free Vibration

1. A heavy table is supported by flat steel legs. Its natural period in lateral vibration
is 0.5 sec. When a 50-lb plate is clamped to its surface, the natural period in
lateral vibration is lengthened to 0.75 sec. What are the weight and the lateral
stiffness of the table?

2. An electromagnet weighing 400 lb and suspended by a spring having a stiffness


of 100 lb/in (Fig. a) lifts 200 lb of iron scrap (Fig. b). Determine the equation
describing the motion when the electric current is turned off and the scrap is
dropped (Fig. c).

3. Consider a diver weighing 200 lb at the end of a diving board that cantilevers out
3 ft. The diver oscillates at a frequency of 2 Hz. What is the flexural rigidity EI of
the diving board?

4. The stiffness and damping properties of a mass-spring-damper system are to be


determined by a free vibration test; the mass is given as m = 0.1 lb-sec2/in. In this
test the mass is displaced 1 in by a hydraulic jack and then suddenly released. At
the end of 20 complete cycles, the time is 3 sec and the amplitude is 0.2 in.
Determine the stiffness and damping coefficients.
5. A system is modeled by two freely vibrating masses m1 and m2 interconnected
by a spring having a constant k as shown. Determine for this system the
differential equation of motion for the relative displacement ur = u2 – u1 between
the two masses. Also determine the corresponding natural frequency of the
system.

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