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OpenStudy (anonymous):

11) differential equation problem. a spring is stretched 6 in by a mass that weighs 8 lb. the mass is attached to a dashpot mechanism that has a damping constant of 0.25 lb.s/ft and is acted on by an external force of 4 cos 2t lb.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do you need to find ? Work ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh I'm sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

np

OpenStudy (anonymous):

determine the steady state response o this system

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to*

OpenStudy (anonymous):

rusty on diff eq .... sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

see if this helps http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/econtrolhtml/SysDyn/SysDyn2.html

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Write the expression for U(t) in terms of m (do not substitute m=8 lb). Find the amplitude A(m), to be half the difference between the minimal and maximal values of U(t). The minima and maxima can be found from dU(t)/dt = 0. Maximize the amplitude by setting dA(m)/dm = 0.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

U(t) = (8/901)(30cos(2t)+sin(2t)) ft

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so whats mass

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