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Finding the resonant frequencies of a rotating shaft

A model of a rotating shaft was modelled on Solidworks, of total length of 30cm, a shaft diameter of 2cm, with a bearing diameter of 10cm. Alloy steel was assigned as its material and bearing fixtures were applied to the cylindrical faces of the stepped face. Then a frequency analysis was carried out obtain 5 mode shape diagrams and calculate the resonant frequencies of the rotating shaft. A direct sparse solver was used instead of FFEPlus as centrifugal load of 100 rad/s was applied to the shaft.

The initial setup:

The 5 Modal Frequencies obtained are:

Mode 1

Mode 2

Mode 3

Mode 4

Mode 5

The list of the resonant frequencies are:

Mode No. Frequency(Rad/sec) Frequency(Hertz) Period(Seconds)
1 99.829 15.888 0.06294
2 1906.3 303.39 0.003296
3 1906.4 303.42 0.0032958
4 9173.1 1459.9 0.00068496
5 9173.4 1460 0.00068494
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