
where the overdot is the derivative with respect to t. Upon taking the Laplace
transform of Eq. (j), assuming that x
d
(0) 0, and using the second of Eqs.
(g), we find that
(k)
We again limit the discussion to the case where the applied force and the
initial displacement are zero; that is, f(t) 0 and x(0) 0, and the initial ve-
locity is
(l)
Therefore, Eq. (f) simplifies to
(m)
Upon substituting Eq. (m) into Eq. (k), we arrive at
(n)
For z
m
1, the inverse Laplace transform of Eq. (n) is given by Laplace trans-
form pair 15 in Table A of Appendix A with v
n
1 and z z
m
. The numer-
ically computed
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inverse Laplace transform of Eq. (n) for z
m
0.15 and
z
m
1.2 are shown in Figure 4.13a. This model also exhibits a reaction force
F
B
0 at t0. The limiting value of this force is determined from trans-
form pair 31 in Table A of Appendix A as
(o)
In Figure 4.13b, we have plotted the displacement response obtained
from the numerical inverse Laplace transform of the first of Eqs. (g) with
G
1
(s) given by Eq. (m) and for z
m
0.15. It is noticed that the nondimen-
sional displacement ratio does not approach zero as time increases. This is be-
cause there is no spring in parallel with the viscous damper to restore the sys-
tem to its original equilibrium position and, therefore, the Maxwell element
undergoes a permanent deformation. Consequently, based on these observa-
lim
t¿씮 q
F
B
1t¿ 2
1k
1
V
o
/v
1n
2
씮 lim
s씮 0
sF
B
1s 2
1k
1
V
o
/v
1n
2
lim
s씮 0
s
1s
2
2z
m
s 12
0
1
1s
2
2z
m
s 12
F
B
1s 2
1k
1
V
o
/v
1n
2
2z
1
12z
1
s
2
s 2z
1
2
G
1
1s 2
V
o
v
1n
dx10 2
dt
v
1n
dx10 2
dt¿
V
o
F
B
1s 2
k
1
2z
1
G
1
1s 2
12z
1
s
2
s 2z
1
2
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The function ilaplace from MATLAB’s Symbolic Toolbox was used.