Mechanical & Industrial Engrg 485 - Vibrations

Introduction to the analysis of vibration of linear systems; emphasis on physical concepts. Differential equations of motion for a wide variety of vibrating systems. Undamped and damped vibration. Single and multiple-degree -of-freedom systems. Vibration measurement and suppression design. General forcing conditions and response. Lagrange's equations. Orthogonality and principle modes. Distributed-parameter systems. The finite element method in vibration analysis.

M&I-ENG 310 & 344 and MATH 331