Andrew Fosnight (SID#: 2693479)

2/9/16
System Dynamics and Response
Special Problem (HW3, #1)
1.) (a) Draw a FBD of the system at an arbitrary instant. Label all forces in
terms of the clockwise displacement of the bar measured from the
systems equilibrium position.
(b) If c 120 N s/m , L 0.1 m, k 150 N/m and (t)=(0.1)e^(1.2*t)sin(20*t) radians, what is the time dependent force developed in the viscous

damper?
(c) Under the conditions of part (b) what is the acceleration of the mass center at a
time t ?
(d) Under the conditions of part (b) what is the force developed in the spring of
stiffness 3k and what direction is it in at t / 24 s?
(e) If the bar has a mass of 0.3 kg, what is its kinetic energy at t / 24 s
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Part a)

The free body diagram is pictured above. Fs1, Fs2 and Fs3 are the forces exerted by
the three springs in the system, and are defined in terms of k and .

C is the force exerted by the dampener in the system. Rx and Ry are the
reaction forces, which in this problem can be neglected.
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Part b)
(t)=(0.1)e^(-1.2*t)sin(20*t) radians.
C = (c)*(v)
This represents damping force, in terms of the damping constant and
velocity of the bar.
V = (1/2)(L)()
This represents the linear velocity of the bar, in terms of the length, and
the rotational velocity, .

=
= [0.1*(-1.2e^(-1.2*t)sin(20t) + 20e^(-1.2*t)cos(20t))]
This represents the rotational velocity of the bar, , in terms of t, which is
time in seconds.
Therefore, combining the above equations, we can rewrite the damping force in terms of
time, length of the bar, and the damping constant, all of which are known. The equation is
as follows:

C = (c)*(1/2)*(L)* [0.1*(-1.2e^(-1.2*t)sin(20t) + 20e^(-1.2*t)cos(20t))]

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Part c)
The first step is to define the position of the mass center. For this beam,
the mass center, G is located at the physical middle, or (L/2) distance
from each end.
o For this problem, its more useful to have the location of the mass
center in relation to point O, or the pinned point. With this in
mind, the mass center is (L/6) distance to the right of point O.
We can define the overall acceleration of the bar in the equation below:

aG = ((L/6)) + ((L/6) 2)

o The first term is in a direction perpendicular to an axis running

through the center of the bar
o The second term is perpendicular to the first term, meaning it runs
parallel to an axis running through the center of the beam, towards
the pin at point O.
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Part d)
As shown in (part A), the force that spring 1 develops is defined as
Fs1 = (L/3)(3k)()=(KL)

This is based on the small angle assumption, and the fact that for all springs,
F=kx
o Therefore, with the above equation, we can substitute in the known values
of k and L, as well as define based on the given time.

(t)=(0.1)e^(-1.2*t)sin(20*t)
o (/24)=0.0427318 radians
Therefore, Fs1 solves to:
o Fs1 = (150)(0.1)(0.0427318) = 0.64098 Newtons 0.641 N
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Part e)
The mass for this portion of the problem is given to be 0.3 kg.
The kinetic energy is defined as:
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T = ((mv2)/2) + ((2)/2)
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For the above equation, V= (L/6)*() and = (1/12)*(m)*(L2)

Therefore, we can rewrite T as follows:

T=((1/2)(m){(L/6)( [0.1*(-1.2e^(-1.2*t)sin(20t)+20e^(-1.2*t)cos(20t))])}2 +
(1/24)(m)(L2){( [0.1*(-1.2e^(-1.2*t)sin(20t)+20e^(-1.2*t)cos(20t))])2}))

Evaluating the above equation for t=(/24), L=(0.1) and m=(0.3), we find that

T= 3.90941*10-4 Joules 3.91x10-4 J