Mathematical Problems in Engineering 
Volume 6 (2000), Issue 1, Pages 13-30
doi:10.1155/S1024123X0000123X

Forced vibration of a ball attached to a cable

Douglas Oliver and Sammie Giles

 College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Nitschke Hall 4055, Toledo 43606-3390, OH, USA
Received 26 July 1999

Abstract

This work describes an analytic solution to predict the forced oscillation of a suspended cable and an attached ball. The oscillations are driven by a sinusoidal movement at the fixed end of the cable. This problem may be used in the verification of numerical software which is commonly used to design systems with suspended cables.