WELCOME TO
ME 3220 MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
Prof. Nejat Olgac
nejat.olgac@uconn.edu
TAs :
Eric Gillespie eric.gillespie@uconn.edu
Kalie Pasqualicchio kalie.pasqualicchio@uconn.edu
Web page for the course : HuskyCT
SYLLABUS Spring 2021
Text:
"Engineering Vibration" by D. Inman. 4th Ed. Pearson, Prentice Hall
Review of 2nd Order ODE’s: linearity, existence, uniqueness, superposition.
Solution techniques. Numerical solution methods, MATLAB-SIMULINK demos,
1 1/2 weeks.
1-DOF Oscillators: Newton’s law and energy approach. Transient response,
resonance, step and impulse responses. Demonstrations (1 DOF responses).
4 weeks.
Measurements of Damping: (log decrement and Q-factor).
1 week.
Measurements of Frequencies: The Fourier transform, FFT’s, intro to ideas such as
Nyquist sampling criterion.
2 1/2 weeks.
2-DOF Systems: natural frequencies, mode shapes.
3 weeks.
Applications: Transmissibility and passive absorbers.
2 week.
Grading:
Homeworks and/or project
Midterm
Final exam
30
30
40
Late homework are not accepted after the posting of the solutions. ONLY single
PDF files please.