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A spring-mass-damper system is subjected to a harmonic force. The amplitude is found to be 20

mm at resonance and 10 ram at a frequency 0.75 times the resonant frequency. Find the
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Use the following expression for amplitude of response of a spring-mass damper system:

…… (1) Mechanical Student Applied

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Here, is static deflection, r is frequency ratio and is damping ratio.
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Consider the case of resonance:

At resonance, and .

Substitute 1 for r and 20 mm for X in equation (1).

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Consider the second case when and :

Substitute 0.75 for r and 10 mm for X in equation (1).

…… (3)

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 Equate the values of obtained from equations (2) and (3)

Square both the sides to obtain:

Thus, the damping ratio of the system is .

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