Find the equation of motion for the following system
Solution
Assume initial conditions are and . Assume that was positive (i.e. to the right of the static equilibrium position, and also assume that ). This second requirement is needed to enable the mass to undergo motion by overcoming static friction. The normal force is given by
And the dynamic friction force due to the dynamic friction is defined as follows
But since , then the above becomes
| (1) |
Where is the coefficient of dynamic friction. Now we can obtain the Lagrangian
Hence
and
Then the EQM is
Where is given by (1). Since sign depends in the mass is moving to the left or to the right, we will generate 2 equation of motions, one for each case.
When mass is moving to the left, EQM 1 is
| (2) |
When mass is moving to the right, EQM 2 is
| (3) |
So, for the first move, starting from and moving to the left, we have
Guess , hence or , and , therefore, the solution to EQM 1 is
hence , then
and
Hence , then EQM is (for )
| (4) |
The mass will move according to the above equation (4) until the velocity is zero, then it will turn and start moving to the right. To find the time this happens:
Now solve for when , i.e.,
| (5) |
Hence , where The case for do not apply since this implies , then consider the next time this can happen, which is , which implies
| (6) |
Now we need to determine at this time since this will become the initial for the second equation of motion going to the right in the second leg of the journey. Using (4) and (6) we obtain
Notice that in the above equation, is a positive number, since we assumed that the initial conditions was to the right of the static equilibrium position, and we are assume the right of the static equilibrium position to be positive. This also implied that will be negative number (which is what we expect, as the mass will by the end of its first trip be on the left of the static equilibrium position).
Now we can use right equation of motion (EQM 2) to solve for the mass moving to the right. Notice that the initial conditions for this motion are and
The equation of motion is now
With the general solution
| (7) |
At , hence from the above
Hence (7) becomes
And
But at , hence the above becomes
Hence , then the EQM for the right move is, for
This diagram below summarize this
Now, we would like to have one equation to express the motion with for any time instance when the mass is moving to the left, or to the right. Looking at the above 2 equation of motion, we see immediately that we can write the equation of motion as follows
Where above is the number of the trip. So, the first trip, going from and moving to the left, will have , and then second trip, moving from and going to the right will have , and so on. As for the time during which trip travels, this is found by the following equation
What the above is saying is that for first trip (), we have
And for the second trip, we have
etc...
Now that we have one equation, and we have the time during which each equation is valid, we can now plot the equation of motion vs. time. The following is a plot for some values for . Please see the appendix for the Matlab code which generated this simulation.
Observation found on this problem: Changing the angle of inclination causes no change in results. In other words, the same oscillation will occur for flat plane () or for or any other angle. The reason is because , the initial position, is measured from the static equilibrium position, and this static equilibrium position will be different as the angle changes, but the effect of the angle change is already accounted for by this change and will not be reflected in the actual displacement .
Given , , use modal analysis to calculate the solution of this given also calculate the eigenvalues of the system and the normalized eigenvectors.
Answer
Since this is a 2 ODE's that are coupled, we use modal analysis to de-couple the system first in order to obtain 2 separate ODE's which we can then solve easily.
Let
and let , then the above system becomes
| (1) |
Let , then and the above equation becomes
premultiply by we obtain
Where
Let , then and (2) becomes
Let then we have
| (3) |
For , we requires that But
Hence
Hence
Hence
From (3) we then have
When we obtain
Hence
Let , then , hence the second eigenvector is
, hence normalized is
When we obtain
Hence
Let in the first equation above, then , hence the first eigenvector is
, hence normalized is
Then the matrix
Now let then equation (2) above becomes
Premultiply by
Let then the above becomes
| (4) |
Now find
Hence (4) becomes
Which can be written as 2 equations
or
With IC given as
and
Now and , hence , then
now need to find but since , then as well.
Now we can solve for and since we have the IC. From (5) above
At , hence , then
At
Hence , then
But , hence
Similarly we find
At , hence , then
At
Hence , then
But , hence
Now that we found the solution in the space, we switch back to the original space
Then
Hence
This is a plot of the solutions
Observation on final result: Notice that power of the harmonic rad/sec. in the motion is small (amplitude is only ) hence the dominant harmonic present in is rad/sec. and this reflects in the plot where it appears that contain one harmonic. In the case of we see from the solution that both frequencies contribute equal amount of power, hence the plot for reflects this.
Solution Use as generalized coordinates ,. Assume that the spring remain horizontal, and assume that
Hence
Now determine the Lagrangian equation
Hence the EQM for is
Now apply small angle approximation. and hence
| (1) |
And the EQM for is
Now apply small angle approximation. and hence
Therefore
|
Now we write the system as
Substitute numerical values for the above quantities, we obtain
The above can be written as
Let , then and the above equation becomes
premultiply by we obtain
Where
Let , then and (2) becomes
Let then we have
| (3) |
For , we requires that But
Hence
Hence the characteristic equation is
Hence
Hence the natural frequencies are
From (3) we then have
When we obtain
Hence
Hence then
When we obtain
Hence , then
Now that we have obtained the eigenvectors of the de-coupled system, we can plot the mode shapes2 . I will use a diagram similar to that shown in the textbook Engineering Vibration by Inman on page 313)
Where Let , then and the above equation becomes
premultiply by we obtain
Where
Let , then and (2) becomes
Let then we have
| (3) |
For , we requires that But
Hence
Hence the characteristic equation is
Hence
Then the natural frequencies are
From (3) we then have
When we obtain
Hence
Then , hence
When we obtain
Hence , then
Then the matrix
Now let then equation (2) above becomes
Premultiply by
Let then the above becomes
| (4) |
Now find
Hence (4) becomes
Which can be written as 2 equations
or
With IC given as , but
and , hence , then
And since , then , now we have found IC for we can solve the ODEs
hence , and , similarly, , and , hence
But
Then
Hence
Here is a plot of the solution
, hence rad/sec and , hence the system is underdamped and rad/sec
Let the response to be and let the response to be hence the response of the system becomes
| (1) |
Where
| (2) |
And
| (3) |
and
Hence, substitute (2),(3) into (1)
Now using IC to find . Note, we use only for the purpose of finding from I.C's since the response to the delayed impulse is not active at . We find
And for the derivative
Hence
Hence
Therefore the solution is, by substituting values found for into the general solution from above equation (4), we obtain
| (5) |
The following is a plot of the solution for up to
, hence rad/sec and , hence the system is underdamped and rad/sec
Let the response to be and let the response to be hence the response of the system becomes
| (1) |
Where
| (2) |
And
| (3) |
and
To find use only At . We find
And for the derivative
Hence
Hence
Therefore the solution is, by substituting values found for into the general solution from above equation (4), we obtain
| (5) |
The following is a plot of the solution for up to
Let the response by . Hence , where is the particular solution, which is the response due the the above forcing function. Using convolution
Where is the unit impulse response of a second order underdamped system which is
hence
Using then
Then the integral becomes
Consider the first integral where
Integrate by parts, where , Let and let , hence
Integrate by parts again the last integral above, where , Let and let , hence
Substitute (2) into (1) we obtain
Hence
Now consider the second integral where
Integrate by parts, where , Let and let , hence
Integrate by parts again the last integral above, where , Let and let , hence
Substitute (4) into (3) we obtain
Hence
Using the above expressions for , we find (and multiplying the solution by since the force is only active from to , we obtain
Hence
And
Hence the overall solution is
The above solution is a bit long due to integration by parts. I will not solve the same problem using Laplace transformation method. The differential equation is
Take Laplace transform, we obtain (assuming and )
Now we find Laplace transform of
Integration by parts gives
| (8) |
Substitute (8) into (7) we obtain
Hence
Now we can use inverse Laplace transform on the above. It is easier to do partial fraction decomposition and use tables. I used CAS to do this and this is the result. I plot the solution . I used the following values to be able to obtain a plot
Problem
Solve with the IC's
Answer
, hence rad/sec and , hence the system is underdamped and rad/sec
Let the response to be and let the response to be hence the response of the system becomes
| (1) |
Where
| (1) |
And
| (3) |
and
Hence, substitute (2),(3) ,(4) into (1)
| (4) |
Now using IC to find
and
At Hence the above becomes (terms with and vanish at by definition)
Hence (1) becomes
If we substitute the numerical values for the problem parameters, the above becomes
Compare the above with the solution given in class, which is
Problem
Solve with the IC's
Answer
, hence rad/sec and , hence the system is underdamped and rad/sec
Let the response to be and let the response to be hence the response of the system becomes
| (1) |
Where
| (1) |
And
| (3) |
and
Hence, substitute (2),(3) ,(4) into (1)
| (4) |
Now using IC to find
Hence
Now take the derivative of the above and evaluate at zero to find . In doing so, we need to consider only the . The reason is that the particular solution of the delayed pulse (the second pulse) will have no effect at and the first pulse particular solution will also have no contribution, since its response is assume to occur at , i.e. an infitismal time after . Therefore, since we intend to evaluate at , we only need to take derivative at this point
At Hence the above becomes
Hence (1) becomes
If we substitute the numerical values for the problem parameters, the above becomes
Which now matches the solution given in class