During the design of the spring-support system for the 4000-kg weighing platform, it is decided that the

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During the design of the spring-support system for the 4000-kg weighing platform, it is decided that the frequency of free vertical vibration in the unloaded condition shall not exceed 3 cycles per second. 

(a) Determine the maximum acceptable spring constant k for each of the three identical springs. 

(b) For this spring constant, what would be the natural frequency ƒn of vertical vibration of the platform loaded by the 40-Mg truck?

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Engineering Mechanics Dynamics

ISBN: 9781118885840

8th Edition

Authors: James L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, J. N. Bolton

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