Name ________________________________ December 1, 2017

# Student Number ______________________ Section 086

INME 4046 Fundamentals of Vibrations Homework # 3 (Deadline: December 12, 2017)

Use one white 8.5 x 11 paper to solve each problem. Staple this sheet as the cover of your work.

1. An undamped spring-mass system is subjected to a harmonic force having an amplitude

and a frequency of 8 cps. The mass is 6 kg and a spring constant is 3000 N/m.
Determine the displacement amplitude of the steady-state response, . Plot the steady-
state response up to three seconds. (10 pts)
2. For a viscously damped system the weight of the mass W= 100 lb, the spring stiffness k =
175 lb/in, damping coefficient c1 = 1.5 lb-sec/in and c2 = 2.5 lb-sec/in, force amplitude F0 =
15 lb, and operating frequency =12rad/sec. Determine the amplitude of the steady-state
displacement. Plot the steady state response over the domain 0 t 3 seconds. (10 pts)
3. For a viscously damped system excited by the harmonic force , plot the
Frequency Response Function, for a damping ratio of 0.25. Plot over the domain 0
5. (10 pts)
4. An instrument package weighing 110 N is to be isolated from engine vibrations ranging in
frequencies from 1500 cpm to 2000 cpm. Determine the spring stiffness for isolators to
achieve 85% isolation. (10 pts)