Academic Catalog

ME520 ANALYS.&MEASUR.TECH. RANDOM VIBR.&NOISE

Course Code: 5690520
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. MEHMET ÇALIÞKAN
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Random processes. Stationary and ergodic processes. Correlation and spectral density functions. Response of linear, time-invariant systems to stationary and ergodic excitation. Data collection and qualification. Digital data analysis procedures. Discrete Fourier transform, and FFT algorithm. Errors in spectral analysis. Transient and time-dependent nonstationary data. Crossing analysis. (F)