Vibr 5
Vibr 5
Vibr 5
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: