Sheet 2 Solution
1. The figure shows a schematic diagram of an automobile syspension system. As the car moves along the
road, the vertical displacements at the tires act as the motion excitation to the automobile suspension
[Link] motionof this system consists of a translational motion of the center of mass and a rotational
motion about the center of mass. Mathematical modeling of the complete system is quite complicated. A
very simplified version of the suspension system is shown in Figure (b). Assuming that the motion xi at
point P is the input to the system and the vertical motion xo of the body is the output, obtain the transfer
function Xo(s)/Xi(s). (Consider the motion of the body only in the vertical direction) Displacement xo is
measured from the equilibrium position in the absence of input xi.
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2. Obtain the transfer function Y(s)/U(s) of the system shown in Figure. (This system is a simplified
version of an automobile or motorcycle suspension system).
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3. Find the transfer function, G(s)=X2(s)/F(s), for the translational mechanical system shown in Figure.
(5s 2
)
+ 10 X 1 ( s ) − 10 X 2 ( s ) = F ( s )
10F ( s )
1 G( s) =
− 10 X 1 ( s ) + s + 10 = 0 s ( s + 50s + 2)
2
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4. Write, but do not solve, the equations of motion for the translational mechanical system shown in
Figure.
Writing thee quations of motion,
(s 2 + 2 s + 2) X 1 ( s ) − ( s + 1) X 2 ( s ) − sX 3 ( s ) = 0
− ( s + 1) X 1 ( s ) + (s 2 + 2 s + 1) X 2 ( s ) − sX 3 ( s ) = F ( s )
− sX 1 ( s ) − sX 2 ( s ) − (s 2 + 2 s + 1) X 3 ( s ) = 0
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5. Find the transfer function, G(s)=X2(s)/F(s), for the translational mechanical system shown in Figure.
(s 2
)
+ 3s + 1 X 1 ( s) − (3s + 1)X 2 ( s) = F ( s)
( )
− (3s + 1)X 1 ( s) + s 2 + 4s + 1 X 2 (s) = 0
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9. For each of the rotational mechanical systems shown in figure, write, but do not solve, the
equations of motion
J2
ϴ5(S) = rotation of J3
-K2 ϴ3 + [D2 S + (K2 + K3)] ϴ4 - [D2 S + K3] ϴ5 = 0
2
-[D2 S + (K2 + K3)] ϴ4 + [J3 S + D2 S + K3] ϴ5 = 0
