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Mechanical Vibrations Study Guide 1, Fall 2019

This study guide covers topics in mechanical vibrations including: 1) undamped free vibrations of a 1-dimensional system derived using Newton's second law, 2) the linear behavior of springs and dampers, 3) obtaining the characteristic equation and natural frequency of a vibrating system, 4) springs in beams and buildings, 5) conservation of energy in undamped 1-dimensional systems, and 6) calculations for pendulums, rotary motion, and Rayleigh's energy method.

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Mechanical Vibrations Study Guide 1, Fall 2019

This study guide covers topics in mechanical vibrations including: 1) undamped free vibrations of a 1-dimensional system derived using Newton's second law, 2) the linear behavior of springs and dampers, 3) obtaining the characteristic equation and natural frequency of a vibrating system, 4) springs in beams and buildings, 5) conservation of energy in undamped 1-dimensional systems, and 6) calculations for pendulums, rotary motion, and Rayleigh's energy method.

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Mechanical Vibrations Study Guide 1, Fall 2019

Topics and conceptual details that have been covered in class and/or HW.

● 1-dimensional, undamped system undergoing free vibrations.


● Simplest derivation of equation of motion using free body diagrams and
summing forces for use in Newton’s second law.
● The linear behavior of springs.
● Linear dampers (viscous damping) analogous to springs.
● Obtaining the characteristic equation from the equation of motion by
recognizing that it is a linear differential equation with constant
coefficients.
● Interpreting the natural frequency in terms of the constants of the given
vibrating system.
● The idea of a spring constant in the context of beams. Beam cross-section
strength properties, such as area-moment of inertia.
● Simple buildings with mass primarily in the floors and stiffness in the side
walls.
● The static deflection due to a spring stretched/depressed by the mass,
prior to setting it into motion. The dynamic vibration displacement as
effectively about the static deflection point.
● Obtaining the general solution of the 1-d linear, undamped harmonically
oscillating system consisting of a spring and mass.
● Obtaining the effective spring constant in a given configuration of springs
and masses. Springs in series and parallel.
● Obtaining the equivalent mass or equivalent mass-moment of inertia for a
given configuration.
● The significance of conservation of energy for the 1-d undamped case.
● The use of planar rotary motion ideas and the relation between applied
torque and the rotational inertia torque:
Torque about O = (Mass-moment of Inertia about O) x (angular
acceleration about O).
● The simple linear pendulum and the linear torsional pendulum.
● The Rayleigh’s Energy method using maximum kinetic and potential
energies in the system.
● Compound pendulum and center of percussion calculations (planar).

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