
118 CHAPTER 3 Single Degree-of-Freedom Systems
mine the equation of motion of this system, and from
this governing equation, find the natural frequency
and damping factor of the system.
3.15 A spring elongates 2.5 mm when stretched by a
force of 5 N. Determine the static deflection and the
period of vibration if a mass of 8 kg is attached to the
spring.
3.16 Determine the natural frequency of the steel disk
with torsion spring shown in Figure E3.16 when
, d 50 mm, r
disk
7850 kg/m
3
,
and h 2 mm.
k
t
0.488 N
#
m/rad
inertia of the bar about the point O is J
O
, and the tor-
sion stiffness of the spring attached to the pivot point
is k
t
. Assume that there is gravity loading.
3.8 Determine the equation governing the system stud-
ied in Example 3.15 by carrying out a force balance.
Section 3.3.1
3.9 A cylindrical buoy with a radius of 1.5 m and a
mass of 1000 kg floats in salt water (r 1026 kg/m
3
).
Determine the natural frequency of this system.
3.10 A 10 kg instrument is to be mounted at the end of
a cantilever arm of annular cross section. The arm has
a Young's modulus of elasticity E 72 10
9
N/m
2
and a mass density r 2800 kg/m
3
. If this arm is
500 mm long, determine the cross-section dimensions
of the arm so that the first natural frequency of the
system is above 50 Hz.
3.11 The static displacement of a system with a motor
weight of 385.6 kg is found to be 0.0254 mm. Deter-
mine the natural frequency of vertical vibrations of
this system.
3.12 A rotor is attached to one end of a shaft that is fixed
at the other end. Let the rotary inertia of the rotor be J
G
,
and assume that the rotary inertia of the shaft is negli-
gible compared to that of the rotor. The shaft has a di-
ameter d, a length L, and it is made from material with
a shear modulus G. Determine an expression for the
natural frequency of torsional oscillations.
3.13 Obtain an expression for the natural frequency
for the system shown in Figure E3.5.
3.14 Consider the hand motion discussed in Example
3.3 and let the hand move in the horizontal plane; that
is, the gravity force acts normal to this plane. Assume
that the length of the forearm l is 25 cm, the mass
of the fore arm m is 1.5 kg, the object being carried
in the hand has a mass M 5 kg, the constant k
b
as-
sociated with the restoring force of the biceps is 2
10
3
N/rad, the constant K
t
associated with the triceps
is 2 10
3
N/rad, and the spacing a 4 cm. Deter-
3.17 Consider a nonlinear spring that is governed by
the force-displacement relationship
where a 3000 N, b 0.015 m, and c 2.80. If this
spring is to be used as a mounting for different
machinery systems, obtain a graph similar to that
shown in Figure 3.5b and discuss how the natural
frequency of this system changes with the weight of
the machinery.
3.18 The static deflection in the tibia bone of a 120 kg
person standing upright is found to be 25 m.
Determine the associated natural frequency of axial
vibrations.
3.19 A solid wooden cylinder of radius r, height h, and
specific gravity s
w
is placed in a container of tap wa-
ter such that the axis of the cylinder is perpendicular
to the surface of the water. Assume that the density of
F1x 2 a a
x
b
b
c
FIGURE E3.16
h
k
t
d