
To determine the response x(t), we first recognize that in Eq. (6.38)
Also, z 0 because we have an undamped system.
Then,
(d)
Then, from Eq. (6.37), the displacement response of the slab is given by
(e)
where we have used the fact that F
o
/k 1000/410
5
m 2.5 10
3
m
2.5 mm. A graph of Eq. (e) is shown in Figure 6.21. The earliest time
at which the maximum value x(t) is found numerically
16
to be x
max
2.64 mm at t
m
1.13 s.
6.5
SPECTRAL ENERGY OF THE RESPONSE
The total energy E
T
in a signal g(t), which has a Laplace transform G(s), is
17
(6.39)
which, by Parseval’s theorem,
18
is also given by
(6.40)
where |G( jv)|
2
is the energy density spectrum with units (E
u
2
s)/rad/s, E
u
has
the physical or engineering unit of g(t); that is, it represents N, Pa, m/s, etc.,
and |G( jv)| is the amplitude density spectrum with the units E
u
/rad/s. Hence,
from either Eq. (6.39) or Eq. (6.40), the energy associated with a signal g(t)
can be determined. Typically, the signals of interest will be the displacement
response x(t) and the forcing f(t).
The energy over a portion of the frequency range 0 v v
c
is deter-
mined from
(6.41)E1v
c
2
1
p
v
c
0
|G1jv2|
2
dv
E
T
1
p
q
0
|G1jv2|
2
dv
E
T
q
0
g
2
1t 2dt
0.05 sin120 3t 1426u1t 1 24 mm
x 1t 2 2.535t 0.05 sin120t 26u1t 2 51t 1 2
h1t 2
1
v
n
5v
n
t sin1v
n
t26 t 0.05 sin120t2
t v
n
t and t
o
v
n
.
316 CHAPTER 6 Single Degree-of-Freedom Systems Subjected to Transient Excitations
16
The MATLAB function fminbnd from the Optimization Toolbox was used.
17
For this equation to be valid, the signal must be bounded and its energy must be finite.
18
See, for example, Papoulis, ibid., p. 27 ff.