Vibration Analysis

Catalog description

Fundamental laws of mechanics. Free and forced vibration of discrete single and multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Periodic and harmonic motion, viscous damping, and measures of energy dissipation. Modal analysis for linear systems. Computational methods in vibration analysis. Natural frequencies and mode shapes. Analytical dynamics and Lagrange equation. Longitudinal, torsional, and flexural vibration of continuous elastic systems, (strings, rods, beams). Energy methods. Approximate methods for distributed parameter systems. Dynamic response by direct numerical integration methods. ANSYS modeling will be covered. Students are required to conduct an independent research on one of the new and emerging energy sources, write a research report and make a class presentation on their research.