INDIAN lNSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR

Date: 20/2/2014, AN Time: 2 Hrs Full Marks: 40 Deptt: AE

No. of Students: 45 Mid Spring Semester Examination
Sub. No.: AE31002 Sub. Name: Aerospace Structural Dynamics

Instruction: Answer all questions. Marks Details: Q1:5, Q2:5, Q3:5,. Q4:5, Q5: 4x5

1. Det~rmine the torsional spring con- 3. A simple beam supported at its center a
stant of the steel propeller shaft shown. machine having a weight W = 16000 lb.
The beam is made of a standard section
having total sej:;tional second moment of
area, I = 128.4 in 4 with a clear span of 12ft.
~
The motor runs at 300 rpm, and its rotor is
out of balance to the extent of W 1 = 40lb
at a radius of e0 = 10 in. What will be
the amplitude of the steady-state response
:A . h if the equivalent viscous damping for the
-2m 1~ 3m
system is assumed 10% of the critical?
(Neglect distributed mass of the. beam, E =
30 x 10 6 lb/in 2 )
y

2. The schematic diagram of a large can-

non is shown below. When the gun is /
fired, high pressure gas accelerate the
projectile inside the barrel to a very high
velocity. The reaction pushes the gun
!-----...-.,.-- L.~-------1
barrel in the opposite direction of the
projectile. Since it is desirable to bring
the gun barrel to rest in shortest time 4. Find the displacement functions of a
without oscillation, it is made to translate SDOF system under the influence of the
backward against a critically damped spring- suddenly applied rectangular pulse load-
damp~r system called the recoil..:mechanism. ing (as shown) using Duhamels 's integral.
Projectile
'

.~~~
UtL . , Recoil mechanism
F(r) FD
' (spring and damper)

In a particular case, the gun barrel and the td t

recoil mechanism have a mass of 500kg with
a recoil spring stiffness 10,000 N jm. The 5. 'Write short note on the following:
gun recoils 0.4m upon firing. Find 1) the a) Half Power lVIethocl of evaluation of damp-
critical dampi]}g coefficient of the damper, ing of any structure.
2) the initial recoil velocity of the gun, and b) Seismograph.
3) the time taken by the gun to return to a c) Accelerometer.
position O.lm from its initial position. d) Coulomb clamping