Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- appreciate the need and importance of vibration analysis in mechanical design of machine parts that operate in vibratory conditions
- analyze the mathematical model of a linear vibratory system to determine response
- obtain linear mathematical models of engineering systems
- use Lagrange’s equations for obtaining mathematical models of linear and nonlinear vibratory systems
- use influence coefficient approach to obtain the differential equations of shafts/beams with multiple masses
- determine vibratory responses of SDOF and MDOF systems to harmonic, periodic and non-periodic excitation
- obtain frequency and time responses of vibratory systems