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MECH 443

Mechanical Vibrations

Historical course

Not stated

Topics

  • Periodic motion
  • Free vibration
  • Damping
  • Harmonically forced vibration
  • Vibration isolation
  • Transient excitation
  • Multiple-degree-of-freedom systems
  • Normal modes
  • Vibration absorbers
  • Lagrange equations
  • Rayleigh and Rayleigh–Ritz methods
  • Holzer method

Readings

  • W.T. Thomson and M.D. Dahleh, Theory of Vibration with Applications, 5th ed., Prentice Hall, 1998.
    Required
  • Required laboratory manuals, purchased from the Copy Centre.
    Listed reading
Sources