AE623: Structural Dynamics (Jan-Jul 2017)

Slot : D
Monday : 11:45-12:35
Instructor : Praveen Krishna (praveenkrishna@iist.ac.in)
Thursday : 09:00-09:50
TA : Prabith K (prabhithprabha@gmail.com)
Friday : 09:55-10:45
Credit : 3

Course Objectives
• To understand the vibration problems occurring in aerospace structures
• Should be able to develop mathematical model of the vibration problems from its physical aspects
• Should be able to design structural components with dynamic load acting on the same

Text Books
• William T. Thomson, Marie Dillon Dahleh and C. Padmanabhan. Theory of Vibrations with Applications,
5th Edition, Pearson India (2008).
• L. Meirovitch. Elements of Vibration Analysis, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill (1988).
• J. P. Den Hartog. Mechanical Vibrations, 3rd Edition, Dover Publications (1985).

Detailed Course Plan

• Introduction Dynamics
– Review of Particle Dynamics, Static and Dynamic Equilibrium
– Concept of Free Body Diagram/ Kinetic Diagram
– Review of Simple Pendulum
∗ Small Amplitudes of Oscillation
∗ Large Oscillations and Concept of Equilibrium points
∗ Stability of Simple Pendulum Solutions
– Dynamics of deformable bodies: Vibration
• Free Vibrations of Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) System
– Undamped Free Vibration
– Stability and Nature of Solutions: Periodic Solutions
– Concept of Natural Frequency
– Effects of IC’s, Initial Displacement and Velocity
– Damped Free Vibration
– Stability and Nature of Solutions: Periodic Solutions
– Over Damped, Critically Damped and Under Damped Systems and its Solutions
– Effects of IC’s, Initial Displacement and Velocity
– Concept of Damped Natural Frequency
– Log Decrement Method of Finding Damping Ratio
• Forced Vibrations of Single Degree of Freedom System (Harmonic)
– Forced vibrations of an Undamped SDOF System
– Concept of Resonance, Response Curve, Amplitude and Phase Plot
– Effects of IC’s, Initial Displacement and Velocity
– Forced vibrations of an Damped SDOF System
– Effects of IC’s, Initial Displacement and Velocity
– Concept of Q Factor
– Half Power Method of Finding Damping Ratio
– Solutions with Different Types of Harmonic Excitations
∗ Unbalance Excitation
∗ Critical Speed of Shaft
 ∗ Support Excitations
– General Periodic Excitation
∗ Concept of Fourier Series and Solution
• Transient Vibrations of Single Degree of Freedom System (General Excitation)
– Unit Impulse: Impulse Response
– Response to Arbitrary Excitation
∗ Convolution Integral
– General System Response by Numerical Integration
– Discussion on Effect of Excitation Time Duration on Response

• Multi Degree of Freedom Systems (MDOF)

– System Configuration
– Equations of Motion of 2 DOF system
– Coordinate Transformations, Coupling
∗ Static or Stiffness Coupling
∗ Dynamic or Inertia Coupling
– Solution to Undamped Excitation
∗ Synchronous Solution
∗ Reduction to Eigen Value Problem
∗ Properties of Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors
∗ Orthogonality of Mode Shapes
∗ Introduction to Modal Analysis
∗ Response to Harmonic Excitations
· Vibration Absorbers
∗ Response to Non-Periodic Excitations
∗ Motion with Rigid Body Motion
∗ Methods of Calculation of Eigen Values by Matrix Deflation
∗ Discussion on Other Extraction Methods
• Energy Methods
– Conservation of Energy
∗ Application in Deriving Equations of Motion
– Review of Variational Methods
∗ Lagrange’s equations
∗ Hamilton’s principles

• Vibrations of Continuous Systems

– Introduction to Boundary Value Problems
– Transverse Vibrations of a Stretched String
– Longitudinal Vibrations of Rods
– Lateral Vibrations of Beams
– Torsional Vibrations of Rods
– Rayleigh-Ritz Method
• Introduction to Experimental Techniques (Optional)

Evaluation Scheme
Total:100 Marks

Tutorials
• 6-8 tutorial sheets will be given
• Students are supposed to solve themselves with in 1 week

• Solutions of the problems will be discussed in the class after 1 week

Quiz/Mid Semester Examination
There will be 1 Mid term examination for 15 marks

Computer Assignment
There will be computer assignments for 20 Marks, program needs to be submitted.

Term Paper Presentation

Each and every student has to do a Term paper for 15 marks

• Select one journal paper during mid semester

• Try to reproduce the results
• Present the same to the class

End Semester Examination

There will be one end semester examination for 50 marks