TWO DEGREE OF FREEDOM

TORSIONAL FREE VIBRATION SYSTEM

Khairul Amin MA11030, Nurul Syahizan MC11027, Nursyaza Dinie MG11013, Siti Aisyah MA11135, Ahmad Nazri 12103

Introduction Experimental Setup

Vibrations exist in various descriptions such as, damped or free, single degree of
freedom or multiple degree of freedom, harmonic or step excitation. This experiment
explores the behavior of the two degree of freedom, undamped vibration system with
step excitation. Such system behaves similarly to a torsional suspension system or
lathe machine in real life application.
Apparatus Setup
1. The load is attached at the load holders to the steel rod of diameter 0.006 m
2. The distance is adjusted between the two loads at 30mm: 15.5mm.
3. The rod is fixed with the load and load holders to the centre beam as shown in
figure below. The rod is lock tightly at the at the chuck to avoid twisting

Theory movement.
4. DasyLAB software is set up as below.
5. Initial disturbance is applied to give some force to the load.
Therefore, the stiffness, 6. Step 2-5 is repeated with 20mm: 25.5mm and 10mm: 35.5mm distance
between flywheel
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7. The reading obtained is observe through DasyLAB software. The data is
recorded using Microsoft Office Excel.
The equation of motion for first degree of freedom of torsional vibration is derived
by applying Newtons second law of motion: + =0
Dasy Lab Software Setup
1.The software is opened and the step is selected as shown below:-
Natural frequency for first degree of freedom is (rad/sec)

Objective 2. All Setting is selected under time bass at measurement section

3. The task appeared and the appropriate sample rate and block size are selected
To determine the torsional stiffness, Kt value on different length 4. The NI-DAQmx analog input is tested
between flywheels. 5. The appropriate module circuit of Dasy Lab is created as shown below:-
To calculate the natural frequency of the two degree of freedom of
torsional free vibration system on different length between flywheel.
To find and compare the relationship between decay rate with various
distance in between flywheels.

Result
Table of Stiffness, kt
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Distance (mm) Stiffness (N/m)
Graph of Result
30 : 15.5 650.95 336.32
Decay Rate for 30:15.5 (mm)
20 : 25.5 395.67 504.48
10 : 35.5 284.22 1008.97

Table of Natural Frequency,

Theoretical (rad/s) Experimental

Distance (mm) (dasylab) (rad/s)
1 2 1 2
30 : 15.5 29.77 48.89 19.63 39.72
20 : 25.5 18.88 47.15 19.63 39.72
Decay Rate for 20:25.5 (mm)
10 : 35.5 20.48 52.30 19.63 39.72

Table of Decay Rate,

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lectus ac lectus Distance (mm) Decay rate,
Accelerometer Accelerometer 2
1
30 : 15.5 -0.2191 -0.5123
20 : 25.5 -0.2842 -0.3204
10 : 35.5 -0.0782 -0.0831
Decay Rate for 10:35.5 (mm)

Conclusion
It is concluded that the natural frequencies can be obtained through theoretical calculation and experimental setup of DasyLab software. As for decay rate, From the graph
plotted, the gradient is assumed as the decay rate of the system and the data is tabulated on the decay rate table as shown in the result.