GATE Vibrations: Forced vibration and resonance – Previous Year Questions

2 GATE previous year questions on Forced vibration and resonance (Vibrations, Mechanical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

1. GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q39 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider a forced single degree-of-freedom system governed by x(t) + 2 nx(t) + n2x(t) = n2( t), where and n are the damping ratio and undamped natural…
2. GATE 2024 ME Q55 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A vibratory system consists of mass m, a vertical spring of stiffness 2k and a horizontal spring of stiffness k. The end A of the horizontal spring is…