
response of the mass m. Consider the base velocity
as the input, the acceleration response as the out-
put, and determine the frequency-response function of
this system.
5.13 The damped single degree-of-freedom mass-
spring system shown in Figure E5.13 has a mass m
20 kg and a spring stiffness coefficient k 2400 N/m.
Determine the damping coefficient of the system, if it
is given that the mass exhibits a response with an am-
plitude of 0.02 m when the support is harmonically
excited at the natural frequency of the system with an
amplitude Y
o
0.007 m. In addition, determine the
amplitude of the dynamic force transmitted to the
support.
x
$
1t 2
y
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5.15 Determine the phase shift and amplitude error in
the output of an accelerometer that has a natural fre-
quency of 25 kHz and a damping ratio of 0.1, when it
is measuring vibrations at 1 kHz.
Section 5.7
5.16 A rotating machine runs intermittently. When
it is operating, it is rotating at 4200 rpm. The mass
of the machine is 100 kg, and it is supported by an
elastic structure with an equivalent spring constant of
160 kN/m and a viscous damper of damping coefficient
of 2400 N s/m that is in parallel with the spring. The
engineer would like to keep the maximum transmis-
sion ratio less than 2.3 during the period that it takes the
machine to reach the operating speed. If a spring is in-
serted in series with the damper, then what is the best
value of the stiffness of this spring in order to have a TR
0.08 when the machine is at its operating speed?
5.17 A compressor weighing 1000 kg operates at 1500
rpm. The compressor was originally attached to the
floor of a building, but it produced undesirable vibra-
tions to the building. To reduce these vibrations to the
building, it is proposed that a concrete block be poured
that is separated from the building and that the com-
pressor then be mounted to this block. The location of
the compressor will permit the block to be 1.8 m by
2.2 m. The soil on which the concrete block will rest
has a compression coefficient k
c
20 10
6
N/m
3
.If
the density of the concrete is 23 10
3
N/m
3
, then de-
termine the height of the concrete block so that there is
an 80% reduction in the force transmitted to the soil.
Section 5.8
5.18 Show that the work done per cycle by an har-
monic force acting directly on the mass of a linear
spring-mass-damper system is equal to the energy dis-
sipated by the system per forcing cycle.
5.19 A spring-mass system with m 20 kg and k
8000 N/m vibrates horizontally on a surface with co-
efficient of friction m 0.2. When excited har-
monically at 5 Hz, the steady-state displacement of
the mass is 10 cm. Determine the equivalent viscous
damping.
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280 CHAPTER 5 Single Degree-of-Freedom Systems Subjected to Periodic Excitations
x(t)
y(t)
c
k
m
FIGURE E5.13
Section 5.6
5.14 An accelerometer is being designed to have a
uniform amplitude frequency response of 1 % up to
f
a
8 kHz. What is the maximum damping ratio al-
lowed if the phase angle is to be less than 2° over this
frequency range?