Mechanical vibrations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A 20 kg mass hangs from a spring with a stiffness of 50 kN/m. Ignore damping. Find the natural circular frequency ω_n in rad/s.

m = 20 kgk = 50 kN/m

ω_n = rad/s

2.Easy

A 500 kg mass hangs from a spring with a stiffness of 50 kN/m. Ignore damping. Find the natural circular frequency ω_n in rad/s.

m = 500 kgk = 50 kN/m

ω_n = rad/s

3.Medium

A 200 kg mass is supported by a spring with a stiffness of 20 kN/m and a viscous damper with a damping coefficient of 2400 N·s/m. Find the damping ratio ζ.

m = 200 kgk = 20 kN/mc = 2400 N·s/m

ζ =

4.Medium

A 200 kg mass on a spring with a stiffness of 100 kN/m has a viscous damper giving a damping ratio of 0.5. Find the damped natural frequency f_d of its free vibration in Hz.

m = 200 kgk = 100 kN/mζ = 0.5

f_d = Hz

5.Hard

A 5 kg mass hangs from two springs connected end to end (in series): the upper spring has k₁ = 12 kN/m and the lower one k₂ = 12 kN/m. Find the equivalent stiffness k_eq of the spring system in kN/m.

m = 5 kgk₁ = 12 kN/mk₂ = 12 kN/m

k_eq = kN/m

6.Hard

A 50 kg mass hangs from two springs side by side (in parallel), with stiffnesses k₁ = 20 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 = 20 kN/mk₂ = 50 kN/m

k_eq = kN/m

Answer key

1. ω_n = 50 rad/s
2. ω_n = 10 rad/s
3. ζ = 0.6
4. f_d = 3.082 Hz
5. k_eq = 6 kN/m
6. k_eq = 70 kN/m

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