Name:

ID # :
Subject:
Instructor:

Delfin R. Bongabong Jr.

2006-0037
CE 225 - Takehome Exam #2
Prof. Alan Milano

************************* Excel code for Single Degree Of Freedom (SDOF) - Free Vibration - Undamped *************************

EQUATIONS

where:
Equation 1-A-1
(displacement w/ respect to time)

- initial displacement

- initial velocity
Equation 1-A-2
(natural circular frequency)

m - mass
k - stiffness

Equation 1-A-3
(Period)

Equation 1-A-4
(natural frequency)

t - time

GIVEN VALUES
System Paramteres:
stiffness (k) =
mass (m) =

100 N/m
5 kg

Initial Conditions:
u(0) =
v(0) =

0.025 m
0 m/s

RESULTING VALUES
Undamped Properties:
w=
f=
T=

FOR PLOTTING
t =

0.1 s (increment of time in plotting)

Displacemet [u(t)] (m)

0.02500
0.02254
0.01565
0.00568
-0.00541
-0.01543
-0.02242
-0.02500
0.03000

ent (m)

Time (s)
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7

4.4721 rad/s
0.7118 Hz
1.4050 s

0.02000

Note:

-0.02266
-0.01586
-0.00595
0.00514
0.01521
0.02230
0.02499
0.02278
0.01608
0.00622
-0.00487
-0.01499
-0.02217
-0.02499
-0.02289
-0.01629
-0.00649
0.00459
0.01477
0.02204
0.02498
0.02300
0.01650
0.00675
-0.00432
-0.01454
-0.02191
-0.02496
-0.02311
-0.01671
-0.00702
0.00405
0.01432

0.03000

Displacement (m)

0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
4

0.02000

0.01000

0.00000
0

0.5

1.5

2.5

-0.01000

-0.02000

-0.03000

Time (s)

3.5

4.5

Text = values can be altered