January 2017
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
27h 45m
English
In Section 5.4 we derived the differential equation
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that governs the one-dimensional motion of a mass m that is attached to a spring (with constant k) and a dashpot (with constant c) and is also acted on by an external force F(t). Machines with rotating components commonly involve mass-spring systems (or their equivalents) in which the external force is simple harmonic:
where the constant is the amplitude of the periodic force and is its circular frequency.
For an example of how a rotating machine component can provide a simple harmonic force, consider ...
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