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 - Damped *************************

EQUATIONS

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

- initial displacement

- initial velocity
Equation 1-B-2
(damped natural circular frequency)

Equation 1-B-3
(damped Period)

- damping ratio
< 1 - under damped
= 1 - critically damped
> 1 - over damped
- natural circular frequency
m - mass

Equation 1-B-4
(damped natural frequency)

k - stiffness
t - time

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

100 N/m
10 kg
0.1

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

0.025 m
0 m/s

RESULTING VALUES
Undamped Properties:
w=

3.1623 rad/s

Damped Properties:
w=
f=
T=

3.1464 rad/s
0.5008 Hz
1.9969 s

FOR PLOTTING
t =
Time (s)
0
0.1
0.2
0.3

0.1 s (increment of time in plotting)

Displacemet [u(t)] (m)

0.02500
0.02378
0.02035
0.01518

0.00886
0.00208
-0.00448
-0.01021
-0.01461
-0.01734
-0.01823
-0.01732
-0.01479
-0.01100
-0.00639
-0.00144
0.00334
0.00751
0.01070
0.01266
0.01329
0.01261
0.01075
0.00798
0.00460
0.00100
-0.00249
-0.00552
-0.00783
-0.00925
-0.00969
-0.00918
-0.00781
-0.00578
-0.00332
-0.00069
0.00185
0.00405
0.00573

0.03000

Displacement (m)

0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
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

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

3.9
4
Note:
Text = values can be altered

0.00676
0.00707