Unit I
Unit I
ENGINEERING COLLEGE
TIRUCHIRAPALLI 621213
DEPARTMENT: CIVIL
SEMESTER: VII
UNIT I
THEORY OF VIBRATION
Concept of inertia and damping Types of Damping Difference between static
forces and dynamic excitation Degrees of freedom SDOF idealization Equations of
motion of SDOF system for mass as well as base excitation Free vibration of SDOF
system Response to harmonic excitation Impulse and response to unit impulse
Duhamel integral.
Two Marks Questions and Answers
1. What is mean by Frequency?
Frequency is number of times the motion repeated in the same sense or alternatively.
It is the number of cycles made in one second (cps). It is also expressed as Hertz (Hz)
named after the inventor of the term. The circular frequency in units of sec-1 is given by
2 f.
2. What is the formula for free vibration response?
The corresponding equation under
free
by
ii.
Vibration was recognized in mechanical systems first and hence the study of
vibrations fell into the heading Mechanical Vibrations as early about 4700 years ago.
5. Define damping.
Damping is a measure of energy dissipation in a vibrating system. The dissipating
mechanism may be of the frictional form or viscous form. In the former case, it is called
dry friction or column damping and in the latter case it is called viscous damping.
Damping in a structural system generally assumed to be of viscous type for mathematical
convenience. Viscous damped force (Fd) is proportional to the velocity ( u ) of a vibrating
body. The constant of proportionality is called the damping constant (C ). Its units are
NS/m.
6. What do you mean by Dynamic Response?
The Dynamic may be defined simply as time varying. Dynamic load is therefore
any load which varies in its magnitude, direction or both, with time. The structural
response (i.e., resulting displacements and stresses) to a dynamic load is also time
varying or dynamic in nature. Hence it is called dynamic response.
7. What is mean by free vibration?
A structure is said to be undergoing free vibrations if the exciting force that
caused the vibration is no longer present and the oscillating structure is purely under
influence of its own inertia or mass(m) and stiffness (k). Free vibration can be set in by
giving an initial displacement or by giving an initial velocity (by striking with a hammer)
to the structure at an appropriate location on it.
8. What is meant by Forced vibrations?
Forced vibrations are produced in a structure when it is acted upon by the
continuous presence of an external oscillating force acting on it. The structure under forced
vibration normally responds at the frequency ratio, i.e. (fm/fn) where fm is the frequency of
excitation and
position.
Amplitude is generally associated with direction vertical, horizontal, etc. It can be expressed in
the form of displacement (u), velocity ( ) or acceleration ( ). In the case of simple
harmonic motion, these terms are related through the frequency of oscillation (f).
If u is displacement amplitude, then
Velocity ( ) = 2 f .u
Acceleration ( ) = (2 f). (u) = 4
a
This gives
)
(Inerti
Force
FD
ing
+FS
(Damp
force)
tic
)
= P (t)
(Elas
force
lied
e)
(App
forc
mx + Cx +Kx = P
x, x, x respectively denote the displacement, velocity and acceleration of the system. P (t)
is the time dependent force acting on the mass. The above equation represents the
equation of motion of the single degree freedom system subjected to forced vibrations.
16. Define Cycle.
The movement of a particle or body from the mean to its extreme position
in the direction, then to the mean and then another extreme position and back to the
mean is called a Cycle of vibration. Cycles per second are the unit Hz.
17. Write short notes on DAlemberts principle.
According to Newtons law
F = ma
were applied to system in the direction opposite to the acceleration, the system
could then be considered to be in equilibrium under the action of real force F and the
imaginary force ma. This imaginary force ma is known as inertia force and the position of
equilibrium is called dynamic equilibrium.
DAlemberts principle which state that a system may be in dynamic equilibrium by
adding to the external forces, an imaginary force, which is commonly known as the inertia
force
18.
Write the mathematical equation for springs in parallel and springs in series
Springs in parallel
k e = k1 k 2
k e is called equivalent stiffness of the system
Springs in series
1 1 1
=
+
ke k1 k 2
19.
20.
amplitude. Frequency response curve is used to define the half-power bandwidth. In which,
the damping ratio is determined from the frequencies at which the response amplitude is
reduced
21.
the time varying in nature. Because both loading and its responses varies with respect to
time
Static problem has only one response that is displacement. But the dynamic problem
system will not vibrate when disturbed initially, but it will return tot the equilibrium
position. This will result in non-periodic motion that is simple decay. The displacement
decays to a negligible level after one nature period T.
24.
Viscous Damping, (2) Coulomb Damping, (3) Structural Damping, (4) Active
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