Coupled Horizontal Spring Mass Oscillator

Coupled Oscillator Spring Mass Oscillator: State Space

Problem Statement

Two 4 Kg Weights are suspended between two walls. They are connected by a spring between them with a spring constant k2. They are connected to the walls by two springs k1 and k3 with k1=k3. m1 is a distance x1 form m2 and m2 is x2 from the wall.

Solution

Things we know

$m_1=5kg\frac{}{}$

$m_2=5kg\frac{}{}$

$k_1=50Nm\frac{}{}$

$k_2=100Nm\frac{}{}$

$k_3=50Nm\frac{}{}$

$\text{So now that we have are problem we need to start setting up the equations we need to solve it.}$

$\dot{x_1}=\dot{x_1}$

$\ddot{x_1}+\frac{k_1+k_2}{m_1}{x}_1-\frac{k_2}{m_1}{x}_2=0$

$\dot{x_2}=\dot{x_2}$

$\ddot{x_2}+\frac{k_3+k_2}{m_2}{x}_2-\frac{k_2}{m_2}{x}_1=0$

$\text{Now we take these equations and put them in a state space model.}$

$\left[\begin{array}{c}\dot{x_1}\\ \ddot{x_1}\\ \dot{x_2}\\ \ddot{x_2}\end{array}\right]$ = $\left[\begin{array}{cccc}0& 1& 0& 0\\ \frac{(k_1+k_2)}{m_1}& 0& \frac{-k_1}{m_1}& 0\\ 0& 0& 0& 1\\ \frac{-k_1}{m_2}& 0& \frac{(k_1+k_2)}{m_2}& 0\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{c}{x}_1\\ {\dot{x}}_1\\ x_2\\ {\dot{x}}_2\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{c}0\end{array}\right]$

$\text{Now we make the appropriate numerical substitutions.}$

$\left[\begin{array}{c}\dot{x_1}\\ \ddot{x_1}\\ \dot{x_2}\\ \ddot{x_2}\end{array}\right]$ = $\left[\begin{array}{cccc}0& 1& 0& 0\\ \frac{150}{5}& 0& \frac{-50}{5}& 0\\ 0& 0& 0& 1\\ \frac{-50}{5}& 0& \frac{150}{5}& 0\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{c}{x}_1\\ {\dot{x}}_1\\ x_2\\ {\dot{x}}_2\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{c}0\end{array}\right]$

$\left[\begin{array}{c}\dot{x_1}\\ \ddot{x_1}\\ \dot{x_2}\\ \ddot{x_2}\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cccc}0& 1& 0& 0\\ 30& 0& -10& 0\\ 0& 0& 0& 1\\ -10& 0& 30& 0\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{c}{x}_1\\ {\dot{x}}_1\\ x_2\\ {\dot{x}}_2\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{c}0\end{array}\right]$

$\text{So using maple i was able to obtain the eigenvalues and eigenvectors.}$

$\text{Eigenvalues.}$

${\lambda }_1=2\sqrt{10}$ ${\lambda }_2=-2\sqrt{10}$ ${\lambda }_3=2\sqrt{5}$ ${\lambda }_4=-2\sqrt{5}$