Tutorial Exercise-5

MDB3093: Vibrations

Forced Vibration of SDOF

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Q1. When an exhaust fan of mass 380 kg is supported on springs with negligible
damping, the resulting static deflection is found to be 45 mm. If the fan has a rotating
unbalance of 0.15 kg-m, find
a. The amplitude of vibration at 1750 rpm, and
b. The force transmitted to the ground at this speed.

Q2. A centrifugal pump, weighing 600 N and operating at 1000 rpm, is mounted on six
springs of stiffness 6000 N/m each. Find the maximum permissible unbalance in
order to limit the steady-state deflection to 5 mm peak-to-peak.

Q3. An electric motor weighing 3500 N and running at 1800 rpm is supported on four
steel helical springs, each having eight active coils with a wire diameter of 6.5 mm.
and a coil diameter of 80 mm. The rotor has a weight of 500 N with its center of
mass located at a distance of 0.02 mm from the axis of rotation. Find the
amplitude of vibration of the motor and the force transmitted through the springs to
the base.

Tutorial Exercise-5

MDB3093: Vibrations

Q4.

An air compressor of mass 50 kg is mounted on an elastic support and operates at

a speed of 1000 rpm. It has an unbalanced mass of 2 kg at a radial distance
(eccentricity) of 0.1 m from the axis of rotation. If the damping factor of the elastic
support is = 0.1. determine:
a.

the spring constant of the elastic support which transmits no more than 25% of
the unbalanced force to the foundation, and

b.

Q5.

the magnitude of the force transmitted to the foundation.

A turbine rotor of mass 200 kg has an unbalanced mass of 15 kg. It is supported on

a foundation which has an equivalent stiffness of 5,000 N/m and a damping ratio of
= 0.05. If the rotor is found to vibrate with a deflection of 0.1 m at resonance,
determine:
a.

The radial location (eccentricity) of the unbalanced mass,

b.

The additional mass to be added (uniformly) to the rotor if the deflection of the
rotor at resonance is to be reduced to 0.05 m,

c.

The peak deflection of the turbine when the frequency ratio (r) varies.