ENGR 6311

Vibrations in Machines and Structures

Instructor: Behrooz Yousefzadeh
Lectures: Thursdays 17:45-20:15

Textbooks:

B.H. Tongue, Principles of Vibrations, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2002. [link]
W.T. Thomson, Theory of Vibration with Applications, CRC Press, 4th edition, 1993. [link]
S.S. Rao, Mechanical Vibrations (6th edition), Pearson, 2017. [link]

Concordia library provides access to the electronic versions of the first two textbooks. We will be covering the first 6 chapters of the textbook by Tongue.

General information:

The course covers fundamental concepts on vibrations of mechanical systems. A working knowledge in kinematics, ordinary differential equations and linear algebra is required. The contents of undergraduate courses in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials will be used frequently in lectures. Students need to be familiar with mathematical modeling of mechanical systems: going from problem description to differential equations. The course begins with a brief review (3 weeks) of the main contents of an undergraduate-level course in mechanical vibrations. A significant portion of the assignments is based on computer simulations.

Course material:

Course materials will be available on Moodle for students who are registered in the course. 

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