Mechanical vibrations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A 200 kg mass hangs from a spring with a stiffness of 200 kN/m. Ignore damping. Find the natural frequency f_n in Hz.

m = 200 kgk = 200 kN/m

f_n = Hz

2.Easy

An 8 kg mass hangs from a spring with a stiffness of 5 kN/m. Ignore damping. Find the natural circular frequency ω_n in rad/s.

m = 8 kgk = 5 kN/m

ω_n = rad/s

3.Medium

In a free-vibration test of a damped mass–spring system, a displacement peak of 15 mm is followed 2 cycles later by a peak of 11.7 mm. Find the damping ratio ζ.

x₀ = 15 mmx₂ = 11.7 mmn = 2

ζ =

4.Medium

In a free-vibration test of a damped mass–spring system, a displacement peak of 40 mm is followed 2 cycles later by a peak of 18.8 mm. Find the damping ratio ζ.

x₀ = 40 mmx₂ = 18.8 mmn = 2

ζ =

5.Hard

A 20 kg mass hangs from spring k₃ = 12 kN/m. The top of k₃ is attached to a rigid bar that hangs from two springs side by side, k₁ = 15 kN/m and k₂ = 30 kN/m; the bar stays level. Ignore damping and the masses of the springs and bar. Find the natural frequency f_n of vertical vibration in Hz.

m = 20 kgk₁ = 15 kN/mk₂ = 30 kN/mk₃ = 12 kN/m

f_n = Hz

6.Hard

A 50 kg mass hangs from two springs side by side (in parallel), with stiffnesses k₁ = 10 kN/m and k₂ = 50 kN/m. The mass stays level. Find the equivalent stiffness k_eq of the spring system in kN/m.

m = 50 kgk₁ = 10 kN/mk₂ = 50 kN/m

k_eq = kN/m

Answer key

1. f_n = 5.033 Hz
2. ω_n = 25 rad/s
3. ζ = 0.01977
4. ζ = 0.05997
5. f_n = 3.464 Hz
6. k_eq = 60 kN/m

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