MEC 518 Energy Harvesting Instructor: Prof.

Ya Wang

HW2 (Due on September 24)

2.1 An Airplane wing modeled as a spring-mass system with natural frequency 40 Hz is driven
harmonically by the rotation of its engines at 39.9 Hz. Calculate the period of the results beat.

2.2 Consider the system in the following figure, write the equation of motion and calculate the
response assuming that the system is initially at rest for the values k
1
= 100 N/m, k
2
= 500
N/m and m = 89kg.



2.3 Consider a simple model of an airplane wing given in the following figure. The wing is
approximated as vibrating back and forth in its plane, massless compared to the missile
carriage system of mass m. The modulus and the moment of inertia of the wing are
approximated by E and I, respectively, and L is the length of the wing. The wing is modeled
as a simple cantilever for the purpose of estimating the vibration resulting from the release of
the missile, which is approximated by the impulse function F* ! (t). Calculate the response
and plot your results for the case of an aluminum wing 2 m long with m = 1000 kg, " =
0.001, and I = 0.5 m
4
. Model F as 1000 N lasting for 10
-2
s.














Figure.2.3 Modeling of wing vibration resulting from the release of a missile. (a) System of interest (b)
simplification of the detail of interest (c) crude model of the wing: a cantilevered beam section (d) vibration
model used to calculate the response neglecting the mass of the wing.








MEC 518 Energy Harvesting Instructor: Prof. Ya Wang

2.4 An airfoil is mounted in a wind tunnel for the purpose of studying the aerodynamic
properties of the airfoils shape. A simple model of this is illustrated in Figure 2.4 as a rigid
inertial body mounted on A rotational spring, fixed to the floor with a rigid support. Find a
design relationship for the spring stiffness k in terms of the rotational inertia, J, the magnitude
Of the applied moment, M0, and The driving frequency, !, that will keep the magnitude of the
angular Deflection less Then 5. Assume that th
MEC 518 Energy Harvesting Instructor: Prof. Ya
Wang
e
initial conditions are zero, and that the driving frequency is such that !n
2
" !
2
>
2
0.