Vol. 22 No. 5 (2012)
Artículos de Investigación

Mathematical modelling of the mass-spring-damper system - A fractional calculus approach

José Francisco Gómez Aguilar
Universidad de Guanajuato
Bio
Juan Rosales García
Universidad de Guanajuato
Jesus Bernal Alvarado
Universidad de Guanajuato

Published 2012-08-15

Keywords

  • Cálculo Fraccionario,
  • sistema masa-re¬sorte-amortiguador,
  • derivada de Caputo,
  • componentes fraccionarias,

How to Cite

Gómez Aguilar, J. F., Rosales García, J., Bernal Alvarado, J., & Guía, M. (2012). Mathematical modelling of the mass-spring-damper system - A fractional calculus approach. Acta Universitaria, 22(5), 5–11. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2012.328

Abstract

In this paper the fractional differential equation for the mass-spring-damper system in terms of the fractional time derivatives of the Caputo type is considered. In order to be consistent with the physical equation, a new parameter is introduced. This parameter char­acterizes the existence of fractional components in the system. A relation between the fractional order time derivative and the new parameter is found. Different particular cases are analyzed