
directly to the rigid body; i.e., in the equations of motion [Eqs. (3.31)], the following
terms are equal to zero:
F
x
= F
y
= F
z
= M
x
= M
y
= M
z
= a = b = g = 0 (3.54)
Two Planes of Symmetry with Orthogonal Resilient Supports. The system is
shown in Fig. 3.15.The excitation is a motion of the foundation in the direction of the
X axis defined by u = u
0
sin ωt. (Alternatively, the excitation may be the displace-
ment v = v
0
sin ωt in the direction of the Y axis, and analogous results are obtained.)
The resulting motion of the resiliently supported rigid body involves translation x
c
and rotation β simultaneously. The conditions of symmetry are defined by Eqs.
(3.33), (3.34), (3.35), and (3.38); these conditions decouple Eqs. (3.31) so that only
Eqs. (3.31a) and (3.31d), and Eqs. (3.31b) and (3.31c), remain coupled. Upon substi-
tuting u = u
0
sin ωt as the excitation, the response in the coupled modes is of a form
x
c
= x
c0
sin ωt, β=β
0
sin ωt where x
c0
and β
0
are related to u
0
as follows:
x
c 0
=
2
−
2
u
0
4
−
+
2
+
2
2
+
2
(3.55)
β
0
=
−
2
(3.56)
u
0
/ρ
y
4
−
+
2
+
2
2
+
2
where f
z
= 4
k
z
/
m
in accordance with Eq. (3.37). A similar set of equations
apply for vibration in the coupled y
c
, α coordinates. There is no response of the sys-
tem in the z
c
or γ modes since there is no net excitation in these directions; that is, F
z
and M
z
are zero.
As indicated by Eqs. (3.1), the displacement at any point in a rigid body is the sum
of the displacement at the center-of-gravity and the displacements resulting from
motion of the body in rotation about axes through the center-of-gravity. Equations
(3.55) and (3.56) together with analo-
gous equations for y
c0
, α
0
provide the
basis for calculating these displace-
ments. Care should be taken with phase
angles, particularly if two or more exci-
tations u, v, w exist concurrently.
At any single frequency, coupled
vibration in the x
c
, β modes is equivalent
to a pure rotation of the rigid body with
respect to an axis parallel to the Y axis,
in the YZ plane and displaced from the
center-of-gravity of the body (see Fig.
3.15).As a result, the rigid body has zero
displacement x in the horizontal plane
containing this axis. Therefore, the Z
coordinate of this axis b
z
′ satisfies x
c 0
+
b
z
′β
0
= 0, which is obtained from the first
1
2π
a
x
ρ
y
k
x
k
z
f
f
z
a
x
ρ
y
a
z
ρ
y
k
x
k
z
k
x
k
z
f
f
z
f
f
z
a
z
ρ
y
k
x
k
z
a
x
ρ
y
k
x
k
z
f
f
z
a
x
ρ
y
a
z
ρ
y
k
x
k
z
k
x
k
z
f
f
z
f
f
z
a
x
ρ
y
k
x
k
z
VIBRATION OF A RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED RIGID BODY 3.43
FIGURE 3.25 Curve showing the position of
the axis of pure rotation of the rigid body in Fig.
3.15 as a function of the frequency ratio f/f
z
when
the excitation is sinusoidal motion of the foun-
dation in the X direction [see Eq. (3.57)]. The
axis of rotation is parallel to the Y axis and in the
XZ plane, and its coordinate along the Z axis is
designated by b
z
′.
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