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,Problems and Solutions Section 1.1 (1.1 through 1.19)
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1.1 The spring of Figure 1.2 is successively loaded with mass and the corresponding (static)dis
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placement is recorded below. Plot the data and calculate the spring's stiffness. Note that the
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data contain some error. Also calculate the standard deviation.
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m(kg) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
x(m) 1.14 1.25 1.37 1.48 1.59 1.71 1.82
Solution:
Free-body diagram: v
From the free-
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body diagram and staticequilibr
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kx ium:
kx mg (g 9.81m/s2 )
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k
k mg/ x
v v v v
m ki
v v 86.164 v
n
mg
20
The sample standard deviation inc
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omputed stiffness is: v v
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m 15 (k ) v
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2
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0.164
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10
0 1 2
x
Plot of mass in kg versus displacement in m
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Computation of slope from mg/x v v v v
m(kg) x(m) k(N/m)
10 1.14 86.05
11 1.25 86.33
12 1.37 85.93
13 1.48 86.17
14 1.59 86.38
15 1.71 86.05
16 1.82 86.24
, 1.2 Derive the solution of m˙x˙ kx 0 and plot the result for at least two periods for the case
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with n = 2 rad/s, x0 = 1 mm, and v0 =
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Solution:
Given:
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Assume: x(t) ae . Then:ge x! are and !x! ar e . Substitute into equation (1) to
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2 rt v v
rt
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t:
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mr2 k 0 v v v v
k
r i
m
v v
Thus there are two solutions:
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i t
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1
v , and x vv vv
2 c e v v
2
k
2 rad/s where n v v v v
m
The sum of x1 and x2 is also a solution so that the total solution is:
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x x x c e2it c e2it
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v v
v
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1 2 1 2
Substitute initial conditions: x0 = 1 mm, v0 = v v v v v v v v 5 mm/s
x0 c1 c2 x0 1 c2 1 c1, and v0 x!0 2ic1 2ic2 v0
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5 mm/s
2c1 2c2
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i, and c
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2c 2 2c 5i c i v v
v
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1 1 1 2
2 4 2 4
Therefore the solution is: v v v
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x 1 5 2it
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2 i e
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2
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Using the Euler formula to evaluate the exponential terms yields:
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2 4 2 4
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