Scribd
Upload
11 views1 page

Equations of Motion: SDOF Systems

The document discusses determining the equations of motion for single-degree-of-freedom systems using virtual work principles. It provides an example of using virtual displacements to determine the spring force in a framed structure with applied loads W and H. The height of the load W above the base is given as a function of the system geometry. The change in this height due to a virtual displacement is also expressed.

Uploaded by

Bhind Nijjar
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
11 views1 page

Equations of Motion: SDOF Systems

The document discusses determining the equations of motion for single-degree-of-freedom systems using virtual work principles. It provides an example of using virtual displacements to determine the spring force in a framed structure with applied loads W and H. The height of the load W above the base is given as a function of the system geometry. The change in this height due to a virtual displacement is also expressed.

Uploaded by

Bhind Nijjar
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Forpulation of the eguations of motion: Single-degree-of-freedom systems 33

figure E2.3 (a) Simply supported beam; (b) virunl displacements in the released beam.

Further, it causes no internal deformations so that dVi is zero and the virnral work equation
becomes

JVr: 0.0

RLie - Pa60 :0.0


which gives

p-___ Pa
"- t

Example 2.4
For the frame shown in Figure E2.4a, d*ermine the spring force due to the applied loads W
and H.

Solution
To solve the problem, we first replace the spring by a pair of equal and opposite forces X and
then give the resulting system a small virnral displacement.t0. The virnral displacemens of
the entire system are shown in Figure E2.4b, and we note that they are compatible with the
constraints in the system,
The height of the load W above the base AC is given by

h:(o+b)sind (a)

The change in h as a result of the change in @ is given by

6h: Ut* blcos060 (b)

You might also like