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Course Description
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Course Name
Mechanical Vibrations
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Host University
University of Galway
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Location
Galway, Ireland
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Area of Study
Mechanical Engineering
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Admission to this course is subject to the agreement of the Head of the Discipline offering the course and will depend on the applicant's academic background in the relevant subject area.
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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ECTS Credits
5 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits2
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units3
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Learning Outcomes
Understand the fundamentals of mechanical vibrations and how mechanical vibrations affect design.
Develop expressions for and calculate the natural frequencies of components using Newton's second law and energy methods.
Derive theoretical models for the response of a system undergoing mechanical vibrations for undamped, under-damped, critically damped and over-damped systems.
Investigate system stability and design components to operate away from natural frequencies.
Determine the response of a system subjected to harmonically excited vibrations and general forcing conditions.
Evaluation of the system response to mechanical vibrations using Laplace transforms to derive the response of a system.
Introduction to multi degree of freedom analysis.
Implementation of theoretical models for system response in MATLAB.
Measurement of mechanical vibrations and component natural frequencies.
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits are converted to semester credits/quarter units differently among U.S. universities. Students should confirm the conversion scale used at their home university when determining credit transfer.
Please reference fall and spring course lists as not all courses are taught during both semesters.
Please note that some courses with locals have recommended prerequisite courses. It is the student's responsibility to consult any recommended prerequisites prior to enrolling in their course.