Vibrations and Control

Pre-requisite: ME 441

Free and forced oscillations of single degree of freedom systems. Damped vibrations. Vibration isolation and measurement. Two and multiple-degrees of freedom systems. Electro-mechanical analogies. Linear systems of the first order. Response to standard inputs. The closed loop control system. Block diagram algebra. Stability analysis. Electrical systems.   Dynamics of Machinery: Kinematic and dynamic analysis and synthesis of mechanisms and machines, design and analysis considerations in reciprocating and rotating machinery, vibrations in machinery, vibrations of systems with more than one degree of freedom. Vibration and shock isolations. Experimental investigation of dynamic systems.