Mechanical vibrations (4cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Upon completion of the course, students will
- understand phenomena pertaining to vibration and their significance in mechanical engineering.
- undesrstand basics of using of FEM software in dynamic analyses of structures.

In addition student will strengthen design and machine safety competences.

Content

- mathematical illustrations of vibration
- vibrations of one degree of freedom
- vibrations of many degrees of freedom
- natural frequencies and natural modes
- damping

Materials

Lecture material

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises

Completion alternatives

Dependent on the current circumstances course will be arranged via Teams-sessions such that distance-learning is possible.

Student workload

Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1-2): Student understands phenomena related to subject in general level. Student is able to answer to theory questions related to subject. Student is also able to identify and analyze the most relevant formulas related to subject.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3-4): Student is able to answer correctly to theory questions related to subject. In addition student knows how to apply calculation formulas to real life calculation problems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): Student understands the phenomena related to subject and is able to apply calculation methods to real life dimensioning problems.

Qualifications

Strength of Materials 1, Matrix algebra, Finite-element method