IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Faculty of Engineering

 

Name of Department: Mechanical Engineering
Course Title: Mechanical Vibrations
Course Code: ME 455 Type of Course: elective
Level of Course: undergraduate Semester/Trimester: semester
Year of Study: 3 hrs/wk; 4th year, 1st semester ECTS Credits:
Pre-requisite: none Co-requisite: none
Name of Lecturer: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Bulent Yardimoglu

 

Objective of the course: This course is designed to give fundamentals of free and forced mechanical vibrations of linear one- and multi-degree-of-freedom systems

 

Course Contents:

  • Elements of Vibrating Systems

  • Free Vibration of One-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

  • Harmonic Excitation of One-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

  • Transient Vibrations of One-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

  • Multi-Degree-of-Freedom-System Derivation of Governing Equations

  • Free Vibration of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom-Systems

  • Forced Vibration of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

  • Vibration Control

 

Bibliography:

  • Inman, Daniel J. (2001) Engineering Vibration. Prentice Hall.

  • Meirovitch, L. (2001) Fundamentals of Vibrations.McGraw-Hill.

  • Rao, Singiresu S. (1995) Mechanical Vibrations.  Addision-Wesley.

  • Meirovitch, L. (1986). Element of Vibration Analysis. McGraw-Hill.

 

Teaching & Learning Methods: 2 hrs of lecture/wk, 1 hr of tutorial/wk; throughout the semester; four homework assignments throughout the semester
Assessment Methods: Each of two 2-hour written midterm examinations 20%; homework 20%; 2-hour written final examination 40%. Exams are held during the regular midterm- and final-exam periods of the academic calendar
Language of Instruction: English