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Mechanical Vibrations
Fall 2016
Lecture 3
Last Time:
Non-Linear Springs
Today:
Harmonic motion
Discrete masses:
Point mass
Rigid body
Equivalent Mass
Start with a system with four masses (see (a)). Find
the equivalent mass as in (b)
Damping Elements
Viscous Damping
Coulomb friction
Material or Solid or Hysteretic Damping
Fluid viscosity
Vibration frequency
Relative velocity of the vibrating body wrt that of the fluid
Instantaneous
direction of motion
F= N
N
Direction is
opposite to that of
motion. Always.
Area of this loop denotes energy lost per cycle due to damping
Rubber-like materials do this without permanent deformation
Harmonic motion
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