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Set No. 2

IV B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012

VIBRATIONS AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Aeronautical Engineering
Time: 3 hours
Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. For the single element cantilever beam as shown in figure 1, determine the fundamental frequency of oscillation.
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2. Determine the response of spring mass damper system to a step input and
plot the system response for different amounts of damping.
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3. The center of gravity of a 12 kg rotor is 1.2 cm from is its geometric center. The
rotor is mounted on a shaft and spring loaded stiffness 1.4 X 105 N/m. Assuming
a damping ratio of 0.05, find the amplitude of whirling when the rotor operates
at 1500 r/min?
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4. Explain the concept of influence coefficients in several degrees of freedom vibrating

systems with the help of an example.
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5. The rigid beam (mass m = 2 kg, length l = 1.5 m)as shown below figure 2 is
supported by an elastic spring (k = 4 N/m) and damped (b = 2 N/(m/s)) and is
pinned to the ground.
(a) Find the linearized equations of motion in terms of z, the relative displacement
between the end of the beam and the ground;

(b) What is the frequency of the resulting motion;

(c) If the mass of the spring is taken to be mspring =1 kg, find the new frequency
of the oscillations.
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6. (a) Explain the types of vibrations.
(b) A cylindrical body of cross-sectional area A and total mass m is first depressed
from equilibrium and then allowed to oscillate as shown in figure 3. Denote
the mass density of the liquid by and determine the natural frequency of
oscillation.
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7. An electrical train made of two cars each of mass 2000 kg is connected by couplings
of stiffness equal to 40 X 106 N/m, as shown in figure 4. Determine the natural
frequency of the system.
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8. Show that the equation of transverse vibrations of a beam at a distance x with

deflection y is given by
D4 y/d4 x + A/EI d2 y/dt2 = 0.
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Code No: 07A72101

Set No. 4

IV B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012

VIBRATIONS AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Aeronautical Engineering
Time: 3 hours
Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. A body suspended from a spring as shown in figure 5 vibrates vertically up and
down between two positions 3 and 5 cms above the ground. During each second
it reaches the top position (5 cms above ground) 15 times. Find the time period,
frequency, circular frequency and amplitude of motion.
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2. Find the Laplace transform of the derivative of a function.

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3. (a) Explain the phenomenon of synchronous whirl with a supported sketch.

(b) Classify the types of dampers and explain analytically at least one damper
with a neat sketch.
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4. Determine the fundamental frequency of vibration for the system shown in figure
6 using releigh method. Take E = 2 x 1011 N/m2 , I = 4 x 107 m4 .
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5. Determine the natural frequency of osicilation of the double pendulum as shown in
figure 7. Find its value when m1 = m2 = 5kg, l1 = l2 = 25 cm.
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6. Determine the natural frequency of vibrations for the figure 8 by FEM approach.
k1 = 100 N/mm,
k2 = 200 N/mm
k3 = 100 N/mm
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P = 500 N,
u1 = u4 = 0.
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7. Derive the differential equation of motion for the system show in figure 9.
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8. Prove that the free vibration equation of a string of density , length l subjected
to tensile force P at a distance x with vertical deflection w is given by

2 (x,t)

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2 (x,t)

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Set No. 1

IV B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012

VIBRATIONS AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Aeronautical Engineering
Time: 3 hours
Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. For the three nodded cantilever beam as shown in figure 10, determine global
stiffness matrix and lumped mass matrix.
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2. Derive the governing equation of torsional vibrations when shaft of length L, polar
moment of inertia J and density is subjected to torque.
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3. For the spring-mass-damper system shown in below figure 11, x is measured from
the static equilibrium position. If the coefficient of friction is :

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(a) Determine the governing equations of motion;

(b) What is the period of each oscillation?

(c) If the system is released from rest with x(0) = x0 > 0, what is the minimum
value of x0 so that the block slips;
(d) Find the range of initial displacements so that the system comes to rest after
one complete cycle.
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4. An auxiliary system consisting of block of mass m2 is connected to the primary
system of figure 12 shown by a spring of stiffness K2 . The auxiliary system can
be used as a vibration
absorber if the parameters k2 and m2 are chosen correctly.
q
k2
Show that if m2 = then the steady state amplitude of the primary system is
zero.
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5. An apparatus of mass m is shipped in a container as shown in figure 13. In the
process of unloading, the container is dropped from a height h to a hard floor. Find
the response of the system.
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6. Determine the natural frequency of torsional vibrations of a shaft with two circular
discs of uniform thickness at the ends.
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6. Determine the natural frequency of torsional vibrations of a shaft with two circular
discs of uniform thickness at the ends.
The masses of the discs are M1 = 500 kg and M2 = 1000 kg and their outer diameters
are D1 = 125 cm and D2 = 190 cm. The length of the shaft is l = 300 cm and its
diameter,d = 10 cm as shown in figure 14. G = 0.83 1011 N/m2 .
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7. An airplane rudder tab showed a resonant frequency of 30 cps when vibrated by an

eccentric mass shaker weighing 0.5 Kg. By attaching an additional weight of 0.5
Kg to the shaker, the resonant frequency was lowered to 24 cps. Determine the
true natural frequency of the tab.
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8. The disk shown in figure 15 is subject to a time independent moment of the form

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M(t) = M0 Sin(t).

(a) Find the equation of motion for the angular displacement of the disk.
(b) With
k = 280 N/m,
b = 12 N/(m/s),
m = 4 kg,
I = 0.40 kg. m2 ,
r = 0.10 m
M0 = 3 N. m,
=5 rad/s,

Determine the steady-state response of disk as a funciton of time.

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Set No. 3

IV B.Tech I Semester Examinations,May/June 2012

VIBRATIONS AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Aeronautical Engineering
Time: 3 hours
Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Describe the whirling speed of light vertical shaft with single disc without
damping with a supported diagram.
(b) Describe the whirling speed of light vertical shaft with single disc with
damping with a supported diagram.
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shown in figure 16.
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3. Determine the modes of vibrations for the system shown in figure 17.

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4. Derive the solution for wave equation of torsional vibration and give the displacement boundary conditions for various end conditions.
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5. For the system shown in figure 18, x is measured from the unstretched position
of the spring. Each block has mass m and the disk has moment of inertia I and
radius r. If the gravitational constant is g:
(a) Find the equations of motion which determine x(t);
(b) What is the period of the free oscillations?

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6. A force F(t) is suddenly applied to a mass m which is supported by a spring with a

constant stiffness k. After a short period of time T, the force is suddenly removed.
During the time the force is active, it is a constant, F. Determine the response of
the system if t > T. The spring and mass are initially at rest before the force F(t)
is applied.
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7. Derive the equation for transmissibility and transmissibility ratio of forced vibration
with damping. Plot the variation with frequency ratio for different damping ratios.
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8. Using matrix method determine the natural frequencies of the system shown in
figure 19.
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