Forced Excitation of Steel Beam Using Portable Shaker

These steps will be followed for the experiment

Preparation of specimens:

  1. Click on start experiment button to start the experiment.

Step-1: (a) Click on add button to bring concrete blocks.

Step-1: (b) Click on concrete block to place it on the position.

Step-1: (c) Click on another concrete block to place it on the position.

Step-1: (d) Click on add button to bring portable shaker.

Step-1: (e) Click on portable shaker to place it on the position.

Step-1: (f) Click on add button to bring steel beam.

Step-1: (g) Click on add button to bring epoxy.

Step-1: (h) Click on brush to apply epoxy on the steel beam.

Step-1: (i) Click on add button to bring PZT patch.

Step-1: (j) Click on PZT patch to fix it on the steel beam.

Step-1: (k) Click on epoxy to send it back.

Step-1: (l) Click on add button to bring wires.

Step-1: (m) Click on add button to bring soldering iron.

Step-1: (n) Click on black wire to place it on the PZT patch.

Step-1: (o) Click on red wire to place it on the PZT patch.

Step-1: (p) Click on PZT patch for zoom view.

Step-1: (q) Click on soldering iron for soldering.

Step-2: (a) Click on add button to bring digital multimeter.

Step-2: (b) Click on add button to bring amplifier.

Step-2: (c) Click on add button to bring function generator.

Step-2: (d) Click on yellow wire of amplifier to attach it with the function generator.

Step-2: (e) Click on red wire of amplifier to attach it with the portable shaker.

Step-2: (f) Click on black clip to attach wire with PZT wire.

Step-2: (g) Click on red clip to attach wire with PZT wire.

Step-2: (h) Switch on the power button of digital multimeter.

Step-2: (i) Switch on the power button of function generator.

Step-3: Click on download data button.

Step-4: Calculate the natural frequency theoretically Thankyou for performing the experiment