Academic Catalog

ME526 VIBRATION OF CONT.SYS.WITH COMPUT.METH

Course Code: 5690526
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. ENDER CÝÐEROÐLU
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Generalized coordinates and Hamilton's principle. Boundary value problem. The eigenvalue problem and generalized orthogonality. Vibration of strings, bars and membranes. Variational methods in vibration of plates. Approximate methods. Classical and variational methods in conjunction with finite difference technique. Modal analysis and response of undamped continuous systems. (R/F)