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Linear System Time Response
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Example 1 - Harmonic Excitation of an Undamped SDOF System
The system shown in Figure 1 has a spring with a stiffness of  40 lb/in, and a mass of weight 38.6 lb.  Calculate the dynamic response of the mass to an excitation u(t) = 10cos(wt) assuming the system is initially at rest.

 

Figure 1.  Harmonic excitation of an undamped SDOF system

 

The equation of motion for this single degree-of-freedom system is:

 

Because the system is linear and the excitation amplitude uo and frequency w are constants,  this second-order differential equation can be solved using the Linear System Time Response module. The module input form corresponding to the problem statement is shown in Figure 2.  The calculated results for t = 0 to t = p/4 are plotted in Figure 3 for comparison to Example 4.1 of Craig (Reference 1 below).  Tabulated output of the calculated results for t = 0 to t = 0.2 is shown in Figure 4 for comparison to Example 7.2 of Craig (Reference 1 below).

 

Figure 2.  Linear System Time Response module input form for SDOF system

 

 

Figure 3.  Plot of calculated time response

 

 

 

Figure 4.  Tabulated results

References:
Craig, R. R. (1981), Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & Sons (New York).
Thomson W.T., and Dahleh, M. D. (1997) Theory of Vibrations with Applications (5th Edition), Prentice Hall (New Jersey). 
Woods, R. L., Lawrence, K. L. (1997), Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems, Prentice-Hall Inc. (New Jersey).

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