Q2
A steel shaft of different diameter carries a pulley and a motor as shown in Figure Q2.
The weights of the pulley and the motor are 4 kg and 40 kg, respectively, with a similar radius of gyration of 0.5 m. If the shear modulus of the shaft is given as G = 5 x 10^3 N/mm^2:
(a) Identify the equivalent torsional stiffness of the steel shaft between the pulley and the motor.
(b) Solve the natural frequency of the system.
(c) Determine the responses of the pulley, O1, and the motor, O2, in terms of the unknown amplitudes of A and A12, and phase angles of i and 01.
Pulley
0.1 m
= 0.05 m
Motor
0.1 m
= 0.04 m