MAE 576 - Engineering Vibrations

(3 units)

Prerequisite: Open to Engineering MS, Aerospace Engineering MS, and Mechanical Engineering MS students only.
Fundamentals of mechanical vibrations, types of oscillatory motions. Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) and Multiple- Degree-of-Freedom (MDOF) systems. Free and forced vibrations, damping, vibration isolation, vibration measuring instruments, Modal analysis. Lagrange’s equations. Introduction to Finite Element Method and modal testing.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-problems 3 hours)