
192 CHAPTER 5 Single Degree-of-Freedom Systems Subjected to Periodic Excitations
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The MATLAB function ode45 was used.
EXAMPLE 5.2 Start up response of a flexibly supported rotating machine
When a rotating machine starts from rest, the rotation speed usually increases
linearly until it reaches its operating speed v
s
at t t
o
. Then, from
Figure 5.5, we see that the excitation frequency of the machine can be ex-
pressed as
(a)
Then, for the system shown in Figure 5.6, the forcing on the inertia element
of the system is
(b)
or
(c)
where
s
v
s
/v
n
is the ratio of the final rotational speed of the machine to
the natural frequency of the system, t v
n
t, and t
o
v
n
t
o
2pt
o
/T
n
is
proportional to the ratio of the time it takes to reach the operating speed to the
period of undamped free oscillation of the system.
Then, the system shown in Figure 5.6 is governed by Eq. (3.23), which is
(d)
where the over dot denotes the derivative with respect to the nondimensional
time t. Because of the form of the argument of the sine function, this equa-
tion has to be solved numerically
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for x(t)/(F
o
/k). The results are shown in
Figure 5.7 for z 0.1 and for all combinations of
s
0.25, 1.0, and 2, and
t
o
/2p 0.25, 1.0, 2.0. At each value of
s
, the corresponding steady-state re-
sponse is given by Eqs. (5.17) and (5.18); that is, H(
s
) and u(
s
).
The results shown in Figure 5.7 have transient characteristics during an
initial phase that is followed by a steady-state phase, as seen in Figure 5.3.
When the final value of the excitation frequency is lower than the natural fre-
quency, the steady-state amplitude is not much different from the maximum
amplitude of the transient motions. However, when the final value of the ex-
citation frequency is equal to the natural frequency, a build up from the tran-
sient motions to the steady-state motions is noticeable. When the final value
of the excitation frequency is higher than the excitation frequency, it is seen
that the transients decay to the final steady-state motions.
5.2.2 Excitation Present for All Time
In the previous section, it was shown that for a harmonic periodic excitation
initiated at time t 0, the response of the vibratory system consists of a
x
$
2zx
#
x
F
o
k
sin 1
s
t
2
/t
o
3u1t2 u1t t
o
24
s
tu1t t
o
22
f 1t2 F
o
sin 1
s
t
2
/t
o
3u1t2 u1t t
o
24
s
tu1t t
o
22
F
o
sin 1v
s
1t
2
/t
o
23u1t2 u1t t
o
24 v
s
tu1t t
o
22
f 1t 2 F
o
sin 1v
e
1t 2t 2
v
e
1t 2 v
s
1t/t
o
23u1t2 u1t t
o
24 v
s
u1t t
o
2
FIGURE 5.5
Excitation frequency ramped up to
its operating frequency v
s
at time t
o
.
FIGURE 5.6
Single degree-of-freedom system
subjected to an excitation whose
frequency v
e
(t) ramps up from zero
to the operating frequency v
s
.
e
s
t
o
t
m
F
o
sin(
e
(t)t)
kc