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A bullet of mass mhas a velocity of just before it strikes
the target of mass M. If the bullet embeds in the target, and
the vibration is to be critically damped, determine the
dashpot’s critical damping coefficient, and the springs’
maximum compression.The target is free to move along the
two horizontal guides that are “nested” in the springs.
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SOLUTION
Since the springs are arranged in parallel, the equivalent stiffness of the single spring
system is .Also, when the bullet becomes embedded in the target,
.Thus, the natural frequency of the system is
The equation that describes the critically dampened system is
Taking the time derivative,
Since linear momentum is conserved along the horizontal during the impact, then
Here, when ,.Thus, Eq. (2) gives
v=am
m+Mbv0
t=0
mv0=(m+M)v
A
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+
B
mT=m+M
keq =2k