This repo is a project for the analysis, study and design of mechanical vibrations for my MMAE-535 Vibrations course. The topics include one dimensional motion of elastic continuum, traveling waves, standing waves, energy flux, and the use of Fourier integrals. Problem statement in dynamic elasticity, uniqueness of solution, basic solution of elastodynamics, integral representations, steady state time harmonic response. Elastic waves in unbounded medium, plane harmonic waves in elastic half-spaces, reflection and transmission at interfaces, Rayleigh waves, Stoneley waves, slowness diagrams, dispersive waves in waveguides and phononic composites, thermal effects and effects of viscoelasticity, anisotropy, and nonlinearity on wave propagation.
The codes I wrote here are purely for eucational purposes, so please take caution when you refer to them. For questions, comments, edit and changes, please contact me. Or tag my username @eyobghiday in the code.
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The K matrix is a mathematical representation of the manner in which the springs of this system are connected, and how they respond to each other. K for the system in Figure1 is shown in equation two, which is also symmetric.
Fundamental formula to the solution (simplified) from our class is given by the fourier series and green's functions as:
where
and
We have five carts and five springs Solving for the normal modes and normal frequencies of this system is best accomplished using matrix methods, which is shown in the following equations. The mass matrix (M) of the system is shown in equation one. This matrix is symmetric and diagonal.
Since the masses are unforced and undamped the matrix A is given by s :
Let's set app our matrix equation as follows;
Now let's say we have
We can plot find all the natural natural frequencies of the system and plot all the modeshapes as the following write a code in Matlab or Python to produce a graph.
Graph 2. Shows all the modes this spring mass system will vibrate.
The graph below shows a 3D plot with real and imaginary parts in Matalb. And finally we can check the orthogonality of the system by creating a modal matrix. They are indeed diagona.
