Connor O'Mara

26th, 2016

January

System Dynamics & Response

Project

Special

Problem 3
Part A: The differential equation for the angular displacement in a mechanical
system is derived as:

( sin ) +17

10 +5
( cos ) +20 tan +15 sin=32sin 7 t
The very first part of this problem we implement the small angle assumption
to linearize the above equation. The small angle assumption is listed below:

is small sin , cos 1, tan

applying this assumption we are left with:
We choose to omit

5 ( sin )

after the small angle formula is applied due to

it being an exceptionally small number

10 +17
+20 +15 =32 sin 7 t
simplified we are left with:

10 +52=32
sin7 t
Part B: The differential equation governing the motion of a pendulum subject to
base motion is:
Y
X

y +mL x +mgL=0
m L2 +mL
L
The very first part of this problem we implement
the small angle assumption to linearize the above
equation. The small angle assumption has already been
listed in part A.

( mL x +mgL ) =mL y
m L2 +

Part C:
The differential equation is second order. It is non-homogeneous with
variable coefficients. The independent variable is t while the dependant variable is

.
The equation is second order because it is

The equation is non-homogeneous because it has a constant, non zero answer

The equation has variable coefficients due to the

on the left side