The door of a house has a height of 2 m, the width of 1 m, the thickness of 50 mm and mass of 50 kg. The door opens against a torsion spring and a viscous damper as shown in the figure. If the spring constant of the torsion spring is kq = 15 N-m/rad, find the damping constant necessary to provide critical damping in the return swing of the door.?

The door of a house has a height of 2 m, the width of 1 m, the thickness of 50 mm and mass of 50 kg. The door opens against a torsion spring and a viscous damper as shown in the figure. If the spring constant of the torsion spring is kq = 15 N-m/rad, find the damping constant necessary to provide critical damping in the return swing of the door.?

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Chapter8: Applications Of Plane Stress (pressure Vessels, Beams, And Combined Loadings)

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