
that is, the primary mass m
1
does not experience any effective excitation at
1 when the secondary system is designed so that v
r
v
n2
/v
n1
1. If
one considers the two degree-of-freedom system from an input energy-output
energy perspective, all of the energy input to the system at the excitation fre-
quency 1 goes into the secondary system, the absorber. In other words,
the secondary system absorbs all of the input energy.
The natural frequencies of the two degree-of-freedom system are given
by the roots of D
o
0. We find from Eq. (g) that when v
r
1, the natural fre-
quencies are solutions of
(k)
Although the presence of the absorber is good for the system in terms of at-
tenuating the response of the primary mass at v v
n1
, there are still two res-
onances given by the solution to Eq. (k). At these two resonances, the system
response is unbounded since we have an undamped system. This unbounded
response can be eliminated by the inclusion of damping, which is considered
in Section 8.6.
EXAMPLE 8.4
Absorber for a diesel engine
2
An engine of mass 300 kg is found to experience undesirable vibrations at an
operating speed of 6000 rpm. If the magnitude of the excitation force is
240 N, design a vibration absorber for this system so that the maximum am-
plitude of the absorber mass does not exceed 3 mm.
To design the vibration absorber for this system, we make use of the
analysis of Example 8.3 and the parameters given above to determine the ab-
sorber stiffness k
2
and the absorber mass m
2
. From the information provided,
the excitation frequency is given by
rad/s (a)v
12p rad/rev 216000 rev/min2
60 s/min
628.32
4
12 m
r
2
2
1 0
8.2 Normal-Mode Approach 455
F
1
sin
n1
t k
2
(X
1
X
2
) sin
n1
t F
1
sin
n1
t
k
1
X
1
sin
n1
t 0
m
1
FIGURE 8.5
Free-body diagram of mass m
1
for v
r
1 and 1.
2
S. S. Rao, Mechanical Vibrations, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, Chapter 9 (1995).