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Free vibration with damping

Mass–spring–damper model
When a "viscous" damper is added to the model this outputs a force that is proportional
to the velocity of the mass. The damping is called viscous because it models the effects
of a fluid within an object. The proportionality constant c is called the damping
coefficient and has units of Force over velocity (lbf⋅s/in or N⋅s/m).

Summing the forces on the mass results in the following ordinary differential
equation:

The solution to this equation depends on the amount of damping. If the damping
is small enough, the system still vibrates—but eventually, over time, stops
vibrating. This case is called underdamping, which is important in vibration
analysis. If damping is increased just to the point where the system no longer
oscillates, the system has reached the point of critical damping. If the damping is
increased past critical damping, the system is overdamped. The value that the
damping coefficient must reach for critical damping in the mass-spring-damper
model is:

To characterize the amount of damping in a system a ratio called


the damping ratio (also known as damping factor and % critical damping) is
used. This damping ratio is just a ratio of the actual damping over the amount
of damping required to reach critical damping. The formula for the damping
ratio () of the mass-spring-damper model is:

For example, metal structures (e.g., airplane fuselages, engine


crankshafts) have damping factors less than 0.05, while automotive
suspensions are in the range of 0.2–0.3. The solution to
the underdamped system for the mass-spring-damper model is the
following:

Free vibration with 0.1 and 0.3 damping ratio


The value of X, the initial magnitude, and the phase shift, are
determined by the amount the spring is stretched. The formulas for
these values can be found in the references.

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