MECH 300G Special Topics in Mechanical Vibrations Syllabus ...

MECH 300G Special Topics inMechanical Vibrations SyllabusSpring Semester, 2008Course summary:Single-degree-of-freedom vibration, multiple-degree-of-freedom vibration, vibration incontinuous media, numerical method and the application in mechanical engineering.Prerequisites: MECH 103, MECH 202, some experience with computer programminglanguages: MatlabLecturer: Dr. Yi-Kuen Lee, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering,Tel: 2358-8663, Rm 2563 (2/F, Lift 27-28), Office hour: Wed: 15:00-16:00E-mail: meyklee@ust.hkLecture schedule: Wed: 14:00-14:50Fri: 14:00-15:50Venue: Rm 3598 (3/F, Lift 27-28)TA: Ran LIN, E-mail:rlin@ust.hk, Tel: 2358-7206, Rm 4225 (4/F, Lift 23-24)Course website: http://www.me.ust.hk/~mech300gRequired text:S.S. Rao Mechanical Vibrations, SI Ed., Prentice Hall, 2005.Grading policy:30% - Midterm exam50% - Final exam (TBA, during the final exam week)5% - Class attendance and participation (ask good questions)15% - homework. No numerical credit given if late. However, it is most important thatyou turn it in, even if late. You are expected to do your own work.Syllabus:1 Introduction to Vibration2 Single-degree-of-freedom vibration3 Multiple-degree-of-freedom vibration4 Vibration under General Forcing Conditions5 Vibration in continuous media6 Analytical methods in vibration7 Midterm8 Damping, Effective Mass, Vibration Control1

9 Vibration measurement and applications10 Finite Element Method11 Application of vibration in conventional mechanical engineering12 Application of vibration in microchips: micro accelerometers and micro gyroscopes13 ReviewReferences:1. Vibration problems in engineering, W. Weaver, Jr., S.P. Timoshenko, D.H. Young,Wiley, ISBN: 0471632287, 1990 (HKUST LIB TA355.W38).2. Theory of vibration with applications, William T. Thomson, Marie Dillon DahlehPrentice Hall, ISBN: 0139145990, 1998 (HKUST LIB TA355.T47).3. Modal Testing : Theory, Practice and Application, D. J. Ewins, Research Studies PressLtd., ISBN: 0863802184, 1999 (HKUST LIB TA355.E97).4. Vibration Damping, Ahid D. Nashif, David I.G. Jones, John P. Henderson, Wiley, 19855. Vibration Simulation Using MATLAB and ANSYS, Michale R. Hatch, Chapman &Hall/CRC Press, ISBN 1584882050, 2001 (HKUST LIB TJ117.H38).6.(a) The Evolution of the Quartz Crystal Clock, W. A. Marrison(http://www.ieee-uffc.org/freqcontrol/marrison/Marrison.html#The Quartz Resonator)(b)The Quartz Watch online source book, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Centerfor the Study of Invention and Innovation, Smithsonian National Museum of AmericanHistory (http://www.si.edu/lemelson/Quartz/)http://www.witschi.com/download/Training_EN.pdf2