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Mechanical Dynamics (518H3)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

Topics include:

• state space modelling of dynamic systems
• self-excited vibration and instability
• various non-linear phenomena
• applications of the Finite-Element Method in dynamics
• the Rayleigh-Ritz method
• linear model reduction techniques
• MDOF models of linear damping
• the effect of damping on natural frequencies and mode shapes
• forced vibration of general linear MDOF systems
• time and frequency domain analysis, solution via DFT
• review of probability theory and the normal distribution
• introduction to stochastic processes, correlation functions, and power spectral densities
• random vibration analysis of linear dynamic systems
• international standards on machine vibration levels.