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Consider P and Q as the shaft having two rotors at the end of it, what is the point N known as in the given figure?

(a) Node

(b) Elastic point

(c) Inelastic point

(d) Breaking point

This question was addressed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

This intriguing question comes from Free Torsional Vibrations of a Two Rotor System topic in portion Torsional Vibrations of Machine Dynamics

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Right choice is (a) Node

Easy explanation: The torsional vibrations occur in a two-rotor system only if the rotors move in the opposite direction, at point N there is no vibration hence it is known as node.

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