MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
(Date of document: 4th of October 2016)
Course Code
MEMB343
Course Status
Core
Level
Degree
Semester Taught
Credit
Pre-requisites
Theory of Machines
Assessments
Assignments
Test
Final Examination
Lecturers
30%
20%
50%
ext.
7318,
E-mail:
Course Objectives
Transferrable Skills
CO1
CO2
CO3
Compute the natural frequencies and mode shapes of single- and multi-degree-offreedom systems.
CO4
CO5
Determine the exact natural frequencies and mode shapes of simple one-dimensional
continuous systems.
CO6
Course Outline:
Topic 1:
FUNDAMENTAL OF VIBRATIONS
Basic concepts of vibration
Classification of vibration
Spring, mass or inertia, and damping elements
Harmonic motion
Topic 2:
Topic 3:
Topic 4:
TWO-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS
Equations of motion for forced vibration
Free vibration analysis of an undamped system
Torsional system
Coordinate coupling and principal coordinates
Semi-definite systems
Forced vibration of undamped systems using modal analysis
Topic 5:
LAGRANGES EQUATIONS
Generalized coordinates and generalized forces
Using Lagranges equations to derive equations of motion
Topic 6:
Topic 7:
VIBRATION CONTROL
Vibration isolation
Undamped dynamic vibration absorbers
Main Reference
S. S. Rao, Mechanical Vibrations, 5th SI Edition, Pearson, 2011.
Additional Reference(s)
1. W. T. Thomson and M. D. Dahleh, Theory of Vibration with Applications, 5th Edition,
Prentice Hall, 1998.
2. D. J. Inman, Engineering Vibrations, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007.
PO1
a
Course Outcomes
PO2
PO3
a
PO4
PO
5
PO
6
b c a b c a b a b
P
O
7
PO
8
PO
10
PO9
a
PO
11
PO12
a
Assessments
Assignments (30%)
Test (20%)
Final Exam (50%)
PO emphasis
PO1
CO2
PO1
CO3
PO1
CO4
PO1
CO5
PO2
CO6
PO9
0.0
PO10
0.0
:
Current Coverage (%)
PO1
85
PO2
15
PO3
0.0
PO4
0.0
PO5
0.0
PO6
0.0
PO7
0.0
PO8
0.0
PO11
0.0
Cognitive
Low
Med
Hi
10.0
69.0
21.0
Psychomotor
Affective
Total
0.0
0.0
100
PO12
0.0
Total
100
PEO No.
Students graduating from the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BME) program will have
the ability to:
Statement
PO Indicators
a
PO1
PO2
b
c
a
b
Program Outcomes
PO3
PO
No.
b
c
a
b
PO4
PO5
PO6
PO7
No sub-attribute (C2,C3)
PO8
Demonstrate commitment to
professional and ethical principles
WA8 (WK7)
No sub-attribute (A3)
a
b
a
b
Program Outcomes
PO9
PO
No.
No sub-attribute (A4)
No sub-attribute (C2)
a
b
Sec. **
Chapters
1
(10 Oct 14 Oct)
Fundamentals of Vibrations
2
(17 Oct 21 Oct)
3
(24 Oct 28 Oct)
2.5 2.6
4
(31 Oct 04 Nov)
3.1 3.3
5
(07 Nov 11 Nov)
3.4
6
(14 Nov 18 Nov)
3.6 3.7
3.65, 3.71
7
(21 Nov 25 Nov)
5.1 5.4
Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
8
(28 Nov 02 Dec)
5.5, 5.7
Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
5.43, 5.49
9
(05 Dec 09 Dec)
6.14
Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
5.62, 5.63
10
(19 Dec 23 Dec)
6.6 6.8
Lagranges Equations
5.37, 5.50
11
(26 Dec 30 Dec)
12
(02 Jan 06 Jan)
13
(09 Jan 13 Jan)
9.10.1 9.10.2
Vibration Control
14
(16 Jan 20 Jan)
9.11.1
Vibration Control
** Topics coverage based on the textbook: S. S. Rao, Mechanical Vibrations, 5th SI Edition, Pearson, 2011