15.07.2014 Views

Assignment 3.pdf - UBC Mechanical Engineering

Assignment 3.pdf - UBC Mechanical Engineering

Assignment 3.pdf - UBC Mechanical Engineering

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

(a)<br />

Heave Motion<br />

Forward Speed<br />

(constant)<br />

Reference<br />

Road Surface<br />

(b)<br />

v 2<br />

m 2<br />

k b 2 2<br />

v 1<br />

m 1<br />

u(t)<br />

k 1<br />

Ground Reference<br />

Figure P4.4 (a) An automobile traveling at constant speed<br />

(b) A crude model of the automobile for the heave motion analysis.<br />

Problem 5 (Problem 4.5 from Textbook)<br />

Suppose that a linear graph has the following characteristics:<br />

n = number of nodes<br />

b = number of braches (segments)<br />

s = number of sources<br />

l = number of independent loops.<br />

Carefully explaining the underlying reasons, answer the following questions regarding this linear<br />

graph:<br />

(a) From the topology of the linear graph show that l = b – n + 1<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

What is the number of continuity equations required (in terms of n)?<br />

What is the number of lumped elements including source elements in the model<br />

(expressed in terms of b and s)?

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!