Course No.

: DE ZG611
Course Title : DYNAMICS AND VIBRATIONS
Nature of Exam : Assignment Marks: 1 x 10 =10 M

1. A machine of mass 500 𝐾𝑔 is mounted at mid span of a steel beam simple

supported at both the ends and span is 2 𝑚. Cross of the beam is rectangular
of width 1.2 𝑚 and depth 10 𝑐𝑚. Modulus of Elasticity of beam material is 2.06 ∗
1011 𝑁/𝑚2 . What is the stiffness of the beam?
a) 12.36 𝑁/𝑚 b) 1236 𝑁/𝑚 c) 123600 𝐾𝑁/𝑚 d) 1236 𝐾𝑁/𝑚

2. For the statement in question 1 what is the natural frequency?

a) 49.719 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 b) 497.19 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 c) 1.572 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 d) 0.1572 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠

3. The natural frequency of a spring-mass system is found to be 2.5 𝐻𝑧. When an

additional mass of 1.25 𝑘𝑔 is added to the original mass m, the natural
frequency is reduced to 1.2 𝐻𝑧. Find the spring constant 𝑘.
a) 10.085 𝑁/𝑚 b) 107.085 𝑁/𝑚 c) 53.54 𝑁/𝑚 d) 5.354 𝑁/𝑚

4. For the statement in question 3 what is the mass 𝑚.

a) 0.434 𝐾𝑔 b) 0.417 𝐾𝑔 c) 0.217 𝐾𝑔 d) 0.2085 𝐾𝑔

5. Determine the equivalent stiffness three springs in parallel and made of steel
with shear modulus 0.8 𝐺𝑃𝑎 and has five effective turns. Coil of spring is made
of wire of diameter 20 𝑚𝑚 and mean coil diameter is 20 𝐶𝑚
a) 40 𝐾𝑁/𝑚 b) 400 𝐾𝑁/𝑚 c) 40𝐾𝑁/𝑚 d) 400𝐾𝑁/𝑚

6. For the system shown in figure 1, determine the kinetic energies 𝑇 of springs
on left and right in order.

9𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2 3𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2 3𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2 9𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2 3𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2 3𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2

a) 𝑇𝑙 = , 𝑇𝑟 = b) 𝑇𝑙 = , 𝑇𝑟 = c) 𝑇𝑙 = , 𝑇𝑟 =
32 32 32 32 8 8
𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2 3𝑘𝑙2 𝜃2
d) 𝑇𝑙 = 32
, 𝑇𝑟 = 32
 7. What are the forces 𝐹 in the two springs in figure 1?
3𝑘𝑙 3𝑘𝜃 3𝑘𝑙𝜃 𝑘𝑙𝜃
a) 𝐹𝑙 = = 𝐹𝑟 b) 𝐹𝑙 = = 𝐹𝑟 c) 𝐹𝑙 = = 𝐹𝑟 d) 𝐹𝑙 = = 𝐹𝑟
4 4 4 4

8. Determine the mass moment of inertia of the bar in figure 1 about the axis of
rotation.
7𝑘𝑙2 7𝑘𝑙2 7𝑘𝑙2 7𝑘𝑙2
a) 𝐼𝑂 = b) 𝐼𝑂 = c) 𝐼𝑂 = d) 𝐼𝑂 =
48 48 48 48

9. Write the equation of motion of the system shown in Fig.1..

7𝑘 3𝑘 36𝑘 5𝑘
a) 𝜃̈ + 36𝑚 𝜃 = 0 b) 𝜃̈ + 7𝑚 𝜃 = 0 c) 𝜃̈ + 7𝑚 𝜃 = 0 d) 𝜃̈ + 7𝑚 𝜃 = 0

10. A railroad car of mass 2,000 𝑘𝑔 traveling at a velocity 𝑣 = 10 𝑚/𝑠, is stopped

at the end of the tracks by a spring-damper system. If the stiffness of the spring
is 𝑘 = 80 𝑁/𝑚𝑚 and the damping ratio is 𝜉 = 0.2. Determine damped natural
frequency of the system.
a) 6.325 𝐻𝑧 b) 6.325 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 c) 6.197 𝐻𝑧 d) 6.197 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠

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