Successive maximum displacements of a spring-mass-dashpot system similar to that shown in Fig. 19.10 are 1.25, 0.75,

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Successive maximum displacements of a spring-mass-dashpot system similar to that shown in Fig. 19.10 are 1.25, 0.75, and 0.45 in. Knowing that W = 36 lb and k = 175 lb/ft, determine

(a) The damping factor c/cc,

(b) The value of the coefficient of viscous damping c.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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