Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies

(Department ofMechanical Engineering)

WEEKLY TEST – 4
Year/Sem:E4-SEM1 Date: 15-09-2018
Subject:Mechanical Vibrations Time: 20 Minutes
Subject Code:ME 4102 Max. Marks : 10 Marks

Answer all the questions. Each question carries one mark. (10 X 1 = 10 Marks)

1. Determine logarithmic decrement, if the amplitude of a vibrating body reduces to 1/6th in two cycles.
(a) 0.223 (b) 0.8958 (c) 0.3890 (d) None of the above

2. Vibration responses of a system are shown and numbered in below figure for various damping conditions.
Arrange them in the order of underdamped, critically damped and over damped responses

(a) 1,2,3 (b) 2,3,1 (c) 3,1,2 (d) 3,2,1

3. A cylinder of diameter D and mass M floats vertically in a liquid of mass density ρ as shown in figure.
It is depressed slightly and released. Find the period of its oscillation.

(a) 2π √(4M/πρgD2) (b) 2π √(M/4πρgD2) (c) 2π √(M/πρgD2) (d) 2π √(M/πρgD)

4. A spring mass system having 10 kg mass and 220 N/m spring stiffness. The mass is given an initial
displacement of 2 cm and released from rest. In how many cycles the amplitude will be reduced to half
of its initial value, Assume system to be viscously damped with damping ratio equal to 0.06.
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5

5. A free vibration test is conducted on a cantilever beam. For this, a cable attached to the end of beam
applies a lateral force of 1000N and pulls the beam horizontally by 2 cm. The cable is suddenly cut and the
resulting free vibration is recorded. At the end of four complete cycles the time is 2 sec and the amplitude
is 1 cm. Find damping ratio.

(a) 0.1000 (b) 0.0775 (c) 0.0550 (d) 0.0275

6. A 50 kg machine is mounted on four parallel springs each of stiffness 0.25 MN/m. When the machine
operates at 40 Hz, the machine’s steady state amplitude is measured as 2 mm. What is the magnitude of
the excitation force provided to the machine at this speed?
(a) 4336.7 N (b) 5336.2 N (c) 1542.7 N (d) 6823.5 N

7.For an undamped vibration system the damping ratio is

(a) =0 (b) =1 (c) >1 (d) <1

8. The amplitude for a S.H.M. given by the equation x=3sin(3pt)+ 4cos(3pt ) is

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7

9. Determine the torsional stiffness of the shaft (G = 210 GPa) of length 1.5 m having internal and external
radius of the shaft 15 mm and 30 mm respectively.
(a) 134 kN/rad (b) 89 kN/rad (c) 60 kN/rad (d) 167 kN/rad

10. A body describes simultaneously two motions, X1=5sin(50t)cm X2=6sin(51t)cm What are the
maximum and minimum amplitudes of the combined motion and what is the beat frequency?
(a) 7.8 cm, 1cm and 1 rad/s (b) 7.8 cm, 1cm and 1.414 rad/s
(c) 11 cm, 1cm and 1 rad/s (d) 11 cm, 1cm and 1.414 rad/s
Key

Question Number Answers

1 B

2 C

3 A

4 B

5 D

6 A

7 A

8 C

9 D

10 C