Structural Dynamics
Single Degree of Freedom
(SDOF) System (1)
Lecture 2
M.E. in Earthquake Engineering
Khwopa Engineering College, Bhaktapur
2020
Vibrations – What ?
1. Introduction
Example 1:
Equilibrium position
A displaced position
K: stiffness
E 316 Lecture 7 2
Vibrations – What ?
Stiffness:
a measure of how difficult to make a system or an
object deform or change its configuration
Force or moment / displacement or angle
Force needed to produce one unit displacement
K?
Vibrations – what ?
Example 2
Equilibrium position
Displaced position
Vibrations – What ?
Free vibration Un-damped
Force vibration Damped
Period: Time for one cycle (back and forth): T
Frequency: How many cycles per second -> f=1/T
Vibrations - Analysis
Mathematical Expression or Model
Mathematical representation of the physics of a
concerned entity. In developing a model, we need to
have some assumptions
Undamped free vibration
Step 1: Free diagram. Take the figure in example 1 as
an example.
Structural Engineer’s Geotechnical Engineer’s
View of the World View of the World
Basic Concepts
Degrees of Freedom
Newton’s Law
Equation of Motion (external force)
Equation of Motion (base motion)
Solutions to Equations of Motion
– Free Vibration
– Natural Period/Frequency
Degrees of Freedom
The number of variables required to describe the motion of
the masses is the number of degrees of freedom of the
system
Continuous systems – infinite
number of degrees of freedom
Lumped mass systems – masses can
be assumed to be concentrated at
specific locations, and to be connected
by massless elements such as springs.
Very useful for buildings where most
of mass is at (or attached to) floors.
Degrees of Freedom
Single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems
Vertical translation Horizontal translation Horizontal translation Rotation
Idealized Single Degree of Freedom Structure
F(t)
Mass F (t ),v(t )
t
Damping
Stiffness
v(t)
t
Equation of Dynamic Equilibrium
f I (t ) F (t )
f D (t )
0.5 f S ( t ) 0.5 f S ( t )
F (t ) f I (t ) f D (t ) f S (t ) 0
f I (t ) f D (t ) fS (t ) F (t )
Observed Response of Linear SDOF
(Development of Equilibrium Equation)
Spring Force, kips Damping Force, Kips Inertial Force, kips
30.00 4.00 50.00
15.00 2.00 25.00
0.00 0.00 0.00
-15.00 -2.00 -25.00
-30.00 -4.00 -50.00
-0.60 -0.30 0.00 0.30 0.60 -20.00 -10.00 0.00 10.00 20.00 -500 -250 0 250 500
Velocity, In/sec 2
Displacement, inches Acceleration, in/sec
SLOPE = k SLOPE = c SLOPE = m
= 50 kip/in = 0.254 kip-sec/in = 0.130 kip-sec2/in
f S (t ) kv(t ) f D (t ) cv(t ) f I (t ) mv(t )
Equation of Dynamic Equilibrium
f I (t ) F (t )
f D (t )
0.5 f S ( t ) 0.5 f S ( t )
f I (t ) f D (t ) fS (t ) F (t )
(t ) cv(t ) k v(t ) F (t )
mv
Development of Effective Earthquake Force
vt
vg vr
vg (t )
Ground Motion Time History
0.40
GROUND ACC, g
0.20
0.00
-0.20
-0.40
0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00
TIME, SECONDS
m[vg (t ) vr (t )] cvr (t ) kvr (t ) 0
mvr (t ) cvr (t ) k vr (t ) mvg (t )
RELATIVE TOTAL
vr vTotal vg vr
M M
FI ,r vr M FI ,Total vTotal M
Somewhat Meaningless Total Base Shear
Undamped Free Vibration
Equation of Motion: mv(t ) k v(t ) 0
Initial Conditions: v0 and v0
Assume: v(t ) A cos(t ) B sin(t )
v0
k
Solution: A v0 B
m
v0
v(t ) v0 cos(t ) sin(t )
Undamped Free Vibration (2)
v0 T = 0.5 seconds
1.0
Displacement, inches
3
2
1
0
v0
-1
-2
-3
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
Time, seconds
Circular Frequency Cyclic Frequency Period of Vibration
(radians/sec) (cycles/sec, Hertz) (seconds/cycle)
k 1 2
f T
m 2 f
Periods of Vibration of
Common Structures
20 story moment resisting frame T=2.2 sec.
10 story moment resisting frame T=1.4 sec.
1 story moment resisting frame T=0.2 sec
20 story braced frame T=1.6 sec
10 story braced frame T=0.9 sec
1 story braced frame T=0.1 sec
Newton’s Law
Consider a particle with mass, m, moving in one dimension
subjected to an external load, F(t). The particle has:
position v
velocity v
acceleration v m
F(t)
According to Newton’s Law:
d
mv F (t )
dt
If the mass is constant:
d d
mv m v mv F (t )
dt dt
Equation of Motion (external load)
Mass
Dashpot
P (t)
Spring
External
load
Dashpot force
Spring force P (t)
External
load
From Newton’s Law, F mv
P t f D f S m v
Equation of Motion (external load)
P (t)
v v
Viscous resistance Elastic resistance
mv cv kv P (t )
Vibrations
Features of governing equation:
- ordinary differential equation
- homogeneous/non-homogeneous
- second order
- linear
- constant coefficient
mv cv kv P (t )
Solutions to Equation of Motion
mv cv kv P (t )
Four common cases
Free vibration: P(t) = 0
Undamped: c = 0
Damped: c ≠ 0
Forced vibration: P(t) ≠ 0
Undamped: c = 0
Damped: c ≠ 0
Solutions to Equation of Motion
Undamped Free Vibration
mv kv 0
Solution:
v (t ) A cost B sin t
where
k
Natural circular frequency
m
How do we get A and B? From initial conditions
Solutions to Equation of Motion
Undamped Free Vibration
v (t ) A cost B sin t
Assume initial displacement (at t = 0) is v(0).
Then,
v 0 A cos (0) B sin (0)
v 0 A(1) B(0)
v 0 A
Solutions to Equation of Motion
Assume initial velocity (at t = 0) is v(0).
Then,
v A sin t B cos t
v0 A sin (0) B cos (0)
v0 A (0) B (1)
v0 B
v0
B