Lecture 3 - SDOF Free Damped 2025
Lecture 3 - SDOF Free Damped 2025
Instructors
Dr. Mostafa Gamal
T.A.
Eng. Kareem Enan
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Course Content
• Introduction and Fundamental of Vibrations
• Free Vibration of Single-DOF Systems
• Forced Vibration of Single-DOF Systems
• Vibration-Measuring Instruments
• Undamped Free Vibration of Two-DOF Systems
• Forced Vibration of Two-DOF Systems
• Vibration control
Free damped vibration
Vibration
viscus medium.
Free damped vibration
Free damped vibration
Assumed solution:
Damping ratio
Damping constant
Free damped vibration
The solution:
Final form:
Free damped vibration
Case 1. Underdamped system (ζ < 1)
t
Free damped vibration
Logarithmic decrement:
It represents the rate at which the amplitude of a free-
damped vibration decreases.
It is defined as the natural logarithm of the ratio of any
two successive amplitudes.
Free damped vibration
Logarithmic decrement:
Free damped vibration
Case 2. Critically damped system (ζ = 1)
For this condition, (ζ2 - 1) is zero and the roots s1 and
s2 can be expressed as: