A machine rests on spring mounts, which compress by 0.5 mm under its weight. Treat it as an undamped single-degree-of-freedom system and use g = 9.81 m/s². Find the natural frequency fn of vertical vibration in Hz.
A 150 kg mass hangs from a spring with a stiffness of 15 kN/m. Ignore damping. Find the natural circular frequency ωn in rad/s.
In a free-vibration test of a damped mass–spring system, a displacement peak of 25 mm is followed 4 cycles later by a peak of 3.3 mm. Find the damping ratio ζ.
A 10 kg mass on a spring with a stiffness of 2 kN/m has a viscous damper giving a damping ratio of 0.7. Find the damped natural frequency fd of its free vibration in Hz.
A 40 kg mass hangs from spring k₃ = 20 kN/m. The top of k₃ is attached to a rigid bar that hangs from two springs side by side, k₁ = 20 kN/m and k₂ = 80 kN/m; the bar stays level. Ignore damping and the masses of the springs and bar. Find the natural frequency fn of vertical vibration in Hz.
A 50 kg mass hangs from two springs connected end to end (in series): the upper spring has k₁ = 20 kN/m and the lower one k₂ = 20 kN/m. Ignore damping and the masses of the springs. Find the natural frequency fn of vertical vibration in Hz.
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