Consider a spring-dashpot system that has the following paramet... | Filo

The dynamics of a spring-mass-dashpot system (a) A block of mass m slides on a frictionless surface and is connected to a fixed support by a spring and a dashpot acting in parallel (Fig. 1.37). Here k is the spring constant, C is the damping coefficient associated with the dashpot, and x is the displacement of the center of mass of the block from its equilibrium or rest position. The forces exerted by the spring and the dashpot are proportional to x and the velocity of the block, respectively. F

Damped response of spring-mass-dashpot system to initial conditions | Engineering Dynamics | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare