1. Derive the equation of motion for double pendulum.

The angles can be arbitrarily

large. (Fundamentals of Vibration Meirowitch international edition 2001- 3.4)
2. One of the wheels and leaf springs of an automobile is traveling over a rough road.
For simplicity, all the wheels can be assumed to be identical and the system can be
idealized as shown. The automobile has a mass of m1 = 1000kg and the leaf springs
have a total stiffness of k1 = 400 kN/m. The wheels and axles have a mass of m2 =
300 kg and the tires have a stiffness of k2 = 500 kN/m. If the road surface varies
sinusoidally with an amplitude of Y = 0.1 m and a period of l = 6 m, find the critical
velocities of the automobile. (Mechanical Vibrations - S. S. Rao Fifth Edition
Sum no 5.12)

3. A centrifugal pump, having an unbalance of me, is supported on a rigid foundation of

mass through isolator springs of stiffness k1. If the soil stiffness and damping are k2
and c2 find the displacements of the pump and the foundation for the following data:
Speed of pump = 1200 rpm, c2 = 200 lb-sec/in., k2 = 1000 lb/in., m2g = 2000 lb, mg
= 0.5 lb, e = 6 in., m1g = 800 lb, k1 = 2000 lb/in.
(Mechanical Vibrations - S. S. Rao Fifth Edition Sum no 5.56)

4. A hot-air balloon of mass m is used to lift a load, Mg, by means of 12 equally spaced
elastic ropes, each of stiffness k. Find the natural frequencies of vibration of the
balloon in vertical direction. State the assumptions made in your solution and discuss
their validity. (Mechanical Vibrations - S. S. Rao Fifth Edition Sum no 5.71)

5. Find and plot the response of the following two-degree-of-freedom system using
MATLAB (Mechanical Vibrations - S. S. Rao Fifth Edition Sum no 5.96)

The initial conditions are

6. An aerofoil of mass m is suspended by a linear spring of stiffness k and a torsional

spring of stiffness kt in a wind tunnel. The C.G. is located at a distance of e from
point O. The mass moment of inertia of the aerofoil about an axis passing through
point O is J. Find the natural frequencies of the aerofoil. (Mechanical Vibrations - S.
S. Rao Fifth Edition Sum no 5.43)

7. A trailer of mass M, connected to a wall through a spring of stiffness k and a damper

of damping coefficient c, slides on a frictionless surface. A uniform rigid bar, pinconnected to the trailer, can oscillate about the hinge point, O. Derive the equations of
motion of the system under the applied forces F(t) and Mt(t). (Mechanical Vibrations
- S. S. Rao Fifth Edition Sum no 5.50)

8. The figure shows a double pendulum with restraining springs attached to the masses
m1 and m2. Use small horizontal translations u1 and u2 of the masses as displacement
coordinates. Develop the stiffness matrix S and the gravitational matrix G for the
system and write equations of motion in matrix form. (Vibration Problems in
Engineering Young, Timoshenko- Fifth Edition Sum no 3.2.3)

9. For a two storey building frame, determine the stiffness matrix S and write the action
equations of motion in matrix form. For this purpose, assume that girders are rigid,
and use small horizontal translations u1 and u2 as displacement coordinates. Columns
in frame are prismatic, having flexural rigidities of EI1 in the lower story and EI2 in
upper story. (Vibration Problems in Engineering Young, Timoshenko- Fifth Edition
Sum no 3.2.5)

10. An automobile is modelled with a capability of pitch and bounce motions, as shown
in Figure. It travels on a rough road whose surface varies sinusoidally with amplitude
of 0.05 m and a wavelength of 10 m. Derive the equations of motion of the
automobile for the following data: radius of gyration = 0.9 m, mass = 1,000 kg,
velocity = 50 km/hr, kr = 22 kN/m, kf = 18 kN/m, l2 = 1.5 m, l1 = 1.0 m ((Mechanical
Vibrations - S. S. Rao Fifth Edition Sum no 5.46)