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Does an automobile radio antenna vibrate in resonance due to vortex shedding? Consider an antenna of length L and diameter D. According to beam vibration theory [see [34] or [35, p. 401]], the first mode natural frequency of a solid circular cantilever beam is
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- In certain area in the ocean, its density is 1000 kg/m3, the tidal wavelength of 700 km,wave height of 150m, water depth of 275m and wave period of 8 s. Find the following: a. Wave amplitude b. Wave angular velocity c. Phase and group celerity d. Wave power over a width 300m.arrow_forwardA transverse traveling wave on a taut wire has an amplitude of 0.200 mm and a frequency of 500 Hz. It travels with a speed of 196 m/s. (a) Write an equation in SI units of the form y=A sin (kx - vt) for this wave.(b) The mass per unit length of this wire is 4.10 g/m. find the tension in the wire.arrow_forwardA one-element bar of length L=400 cm clamped at x=0, and simply supported at x=l. The bar is subject to flexural vibration. Its squared natural frequency can be expressed as a function of the material density p, the cross-sectional area is A, the second moment of area I, and the Young's modulus, E, as: ΕΙ @²=b- PA Answer the following: • The number of degrees of freedom of the bar is The value of b is . The units of b are (give your answer to 2 decimal places) (in the international system, SI) Note local mass and stiffness matrices for bars subject to flexural vibrations are given here: 156 22L 54 -13L 4L² 13L -3L² 54 13L 156 -22L -13L-3L² -22L 4L² M= PAL 22L 420 and K = ΕΙ L³ 12 6L -12 6L 6L 4L2 -6L 2L² -12 -6L 12 -6L 6L 2L² -6L 4L²arrow_forward
- A standing wave on a string vibrates as shown in the top diagram. Suppose the string tension is quadrupled and the driving frequency is doubled. Which standing wave pattern is produced? H∞∞þood Original standing wave (a) (b) (c) (d) Copyrigh Person on pubing on onarrow_forwardConsider the coupled oscillators shown below with k 8 N/m, k' = 5 N/m and m = 2 kg. Given the initial conditions Io = 11.9 cm and = 14.3 cm at t = 0s, calculate o at t = 0.3 s. Give your answer in cm units to at least one percent accuracy. (b.) m Answer:arrow_forwardFind the natural frequency (in Hertz) of the system illustrated in the following figure. Consider the length of the beam as L, the flexural rigidity of the beam as EI and assume K = 6 MN/m, K2 = 2K1, K3 = 3K2, M = 600 kg, EI = 29 MN.m2 and L = 1 m. The equivalent beam stiffness is 3EI/L3. K1 Massless beam K1 K3 K2 135.31 Hz 404.83 Hz 497.94 Hz 91.49 Hz 64.43 Hz O 00O Oarrow_forward
- 5:09 )A mass of 200g is attached to a chord of length 0.5m and linear mass density of 0.00skg/m. the third harmonic frequency observed in the system Er-47.4 H. A В D Earrow_forwardnas 03 Find the natural frequency of given system, the rigid rod is massless and mass of rod = m₁. 04 ng ^{K A 4/4 4/47 32K 규 Rigid you -42- Marrow_forwarda string is attached to a mechanical vibrator, which has a frequency of 30Hx. the sttring is 3.0m long and has a linear density of .4 g/cm. the tension is varied by adding weights to teh string passing over the pully. What tension is needed to cause the string to resonate with the vibrator in four segments. assume that he points where the string meets the vibrator and the pulley are approx nodes.arrow_forward
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