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Partial Solns Manual - Andy Ruina

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18 Chapter 9.3. Elementary vibration analysis Problem 9.3.69.3.6 A spring k with rest length `0 is attachedto a mass m which slides frictionlesslyon a horizontal ground as shown.At time t D 0 the mass is released fromrest with the spring stretched a distance d.Measure the mass position x relative to thewall.a) What is the acceleration of the massjust after release?b) Find a differential equation whichdescribes the horizontal motion x ofthe mass.c) What is the position of the mass atan arbitrary time t?d) What is the speed of the mass whenit passes through x D `0 (the positionwhere the spring is relaxed)?Filename:s97f1l 0Problem 9.6dmIntroduction to Statics and Dynamics, c <strong>Andy</strong> <strong>Ruina</strong> and Rudra Pratap 1992-2009.

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