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Spreadsheet title
Author
Summary
Copyright
Licensing conditions
Disclaimer
Modification history
Detailed instructions for use
Matters requiring some elaboration
Units
Test problem
Use of "protection" within the spreadsheet
References
A personal note
End of documentation
Spreadsheet title
Current version
3.02
Author
Robert Niall
rmniall48@gmail.com
http://rmniall.com
Summary
Copyright
Licensing conditions
This spreadsheet is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.
See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of this license
along with the spreadsheet. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Disclaimer
This spreadsheet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful. However it is distributed WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY, without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
The spreadsheet cannot be guaranteed to give correct results, and anyone who uses it must check its results
by hand calculations or other means. All information it presents is for review, verification, interpretation,
approval and application by a suitably qualified Professional Engineer.
Modification history
Version
1.00
2.00
2.10
3.00
3.01
3.02
Comments
Written to bypass the enormous tedium and
error-proneness of the manual process. (Lotus 2.01)
Numerous improvements over the intervening years.
Converted from Lotus 2.01 to Microsoft Excel-97.
Numerous improvements over the intervening years.
Coupling introduced. Some minor cosmetic changes.
Converted to an appropriate format for public release.
Rough isometric sketch added.
Added warning when rotation level is not at underside of
main foundation. Display "sign" of each concrete block.
Documented the need to put any Spreadsheet password
into the VBA. Minor cosmetic improvements.
Commenced in January 2015.
Checked the s/s runs under Excel-2013.
Minor change to subroutine GiveActivePlotEqualScales.
When
released
Oct 1991
By whom
released
Rob Niall
Jan 2001
Rob Niall
Apr 2002
Nov 2013
Rob Niall
Rob Niall
Jan 2015
Rob Niall
Jan 2017
Rob Niall
Prakash, S., and V. Puri, Foundations for Machines: Analysis and Design,
John Wiley & Sons, 1988. In particular see Chapter 6 of this book.
NOTE. While studying this book to implement its approach to coupled vibrations I encountered
what I strongly believe to be several errors. I sought the opinion of a knowledgeable colleague
at my work, and he agreed with me. I then wrote a short document describing the errors.
A copy of this document will have been included in the download package for this spreadsheet.
Bowles, J.E., Foundation Analysis and Design, by J.E.Bowles, McGraw-Hill, 1977.
In particular see Section 20-8 of this book.
A fourth edition was published in 1988, and a paperback version was released in 2001.
A personal note
This is the very first spreadsheet I ever wrote. I embarked upon it principally as a learning exercise,
and it has continued to teach me things from time to time ever since.
It is a moot point whether the spreadsheet in its current encarnation can claim to be the "same"
spreadsheet as that Lotus-based thing I struggled with all those years ago. The situation reminds me
of that joke about the old family axe: "This has been the family's axe since my grandfather's time. It
has had two new heads and five new handles, but it's still going strong."
End of documentation
Version 3.02
This spreadsheet implements the analysis method described in the book "Design of Structures and
Foundations for Vibrating Machines" by S.Arya, M.O'Neill & G.Pincus, Gulf Publishing Company,
Houston, 1979. In particular it emulates Table 6-2 of that book.
For brief instructions, see the "Documentation" worksheet.
Standard sample problem
Centre of gravity calculations
Concrete density
2,400 kg/m3
X1
Y1
Z1
X2
Y2
Z2
(m)
-1.750
(m)
-1.750
(m)
0.000
(m)
1.750
(m)
1.750
(m)
3.250
Mass
Xg
Yg
Zg
Ixx
Iyy
Izz
(kg)
32,000
(m)
0.000
(m)
0.000
(m)
6.450
(kg.m2)
5,600
(kg.m2)
5,600
(kg.m2)
0
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
1.625
6.450
2.836
0.000
321,656
423,666
745,322
321,656
423,666
745,322
195,081
0
195,081
1,770,836
1,770,836
Concrete blocks:
Main Foundation
Add'l block #1
Add'l block #2
Add'l block #3
Add'l block #4
Add'l block #5
Add'l block #6
Add'l block #7
Add'l block #8
Add'l block #9
(+)
Machinery etc:
Main Machine
Add'l mass #1
Add'l mass #2
Add'l mass #3
Add'l mass #4
Add'l mass #5
Add'l mass #6
Add'l mass #7
75
Poisson's ratio
0.40
Density (kg/m )
2000
2.7
Dynamic forces
X
Force amplitudes (kN)
35
Point of app'n (m)
0.000
Operating frequency (rpm)
250
Assume resonance if frequency ratio (r) is inside the range
0.000
6.250
0.70
1.30
Dynamic properties
Spring constants:
Equiv radius (m)
Ro
Embedment factor
Coefficient
Equiv spring const (kN/m or kN.m/rad)
Damping ratios:
Embedment factor
Mass ratio
B
Effective damping coef't
n
Geometric damping ratio
Dg
Internal damping ratio
Di
Total damping ratio
Dt
X-dir'n
YY-rot'n
Y-dir'n
XX-rot'n
Z-dir'n
1.975
2.203
0.960
1,554,608
1.998
2.763
0.486
7,191,041
1.975
2.203
0.960
1,554,608
1.998
2.763
0.486
7,191,041
1.975
1.492
2.130
1,390,577
3.474
1.639
2.369
6.264
1.070
0.02
0.03
0.05
3.474
1.639
2.095
1.242
0.78
0.03
0.81
2.369
6.264
1.070
0.02
0.03
0.05
1054
609
607
35.0
218.8
0.237
0.411
0.237
0.411
0.981
1.202
2.209E-005 3.656E-005
1.051
1.203
36.8
263.1
1054
0.0
0.237
0.237
0.981
0
1.051
0.0
609
607
0.0
0.411
0.411
1.202
0
1.203
0.0
997
0.0
0.251
0.251
0.975
0
1.056
0.0
Z
0.0640
0.0000
6.450
0.0000
Resultant
0.1547
0.2579
0.78
0.03
0.81
0.80
0.03
0.83
fn
ft
r
Md
T
X
0.1409
0.2579
Y
0.0000
0.0000
0.2579
0.0000
0.2579
(rpm)
X & YY
Y & XX
551
551
(m)
-1.068
-1.068
(rpm)
(m)
1793
4.333
1793
4.333
Frequency ratio #1
Frequency ratio #2
Op freq assumed in calcs below
(rpm)
0.45
0.14
250
0.45
0.14
250
(m)
(m)
(radian)
(radian)
0.00013258
1.412E-005
3.764E-005
1.194E-006
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
X
0.1489
0.2693
0.000
0.2693
Y
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
0.000
#VALUE!
Z
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
6.450
#VALUE!
Resultant
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
SAMPLE PROBLEM
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