
To determine the frequency at which the magnitude of the force trans-
mitted to the base is a fraction g of the applied force F
a
, we require that
F
1
gF
a
,or
(d)
Therefore, making use of Eqs. (5.62b), (5.63b), and (5.65), we obtain
(e)
Solving for the real positive value of the nondimensional excitation frequency
from Eq. (e), we arrive at
(f)
We shall see in the next section that g, as represented by Eq. (e), is sim-
ply the magnitude of the frequency-response function obtained when a har-
monic excitation is applied to the base of the system. When g 1,
which is the frequency ratio above which the magnitude of the unbalanced
force that is transmitted to the base is less than F
a
.
Let us assume that the system has a natural frequency of 35 Hz and determine
the angular speed of the rotating mass so that only 15% of the unbalanced force is
transmitted to the base when the damping ratio is 0.1. Then, from Eq. (f )
Since there are 2p rad/rev and 60 s/min, the required angular speed is
5.5 SYSTEMS WITH BASE EXCITATION
The base excitation model is useful for studying buildings subjected to
earthquakes, packaging during transportation, and for designing accelerom-
eters. The equation describing the motion of a single degree-of-freedom
system with a vibrating base, which is shown in Figure 3.6, is given by
Eq. (3.28). Rewriting Eq. (3.28) in terms of the nondimensional time t
v
n
t,wehave
(5.76)
where it is recalled that x(t) is the displacement response of the mass and y(t)
is the displacement of the base. If the base motion is harmonic—that is,
y(t) y
o
sin(t) (5.77)
d
2
x
dt
2
2z
dx
dt
x 2z
dy
dt
y
N
60
2p
v 2.953 v
n
60
2p
2.953160 2f
n
2.953160 2135 2 6200 rpm
2.953
v
v
n
21 210.12
2
11 10.152
2
2 1
11 210.1 2
2
11 10.152
2
22
2
1 10.15 2
2
12,
0 g 1
21 2z
2
11 g
2
2 1
11 2z
2
11 g
2
22
2
1 g
2
21 12z2
2
211
2
2
2
12z2
2
g
kM
P
H
ub
1 221 12z 2
2
gm
o
Pv
2
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