Course Description
Meeting Place and Time: Wales Hall 225 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00AM -- 12:15PM.
The primary objective in an introductory vibrations course is to understand the origin of linear vibrations problems in engineering, and to learn the relevant aspects of model formulation and analysis for lumped-parameter and, if time allows, distributed systems; to understand the central role of natural frequencies and normal modes in the physics and mathematics of linear systems; and to understand the dynamics of linear systems for the unforced, periodically and nonperiodically excited cases.
This course will prepare students for advanced study in the areas
such as experimental modal analysis, passive and active vibration
control, elastic and dynamic structural stability, aeroelasticity,
nonlinear structural dynamics and vibrations, and
structural acoustics.
