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MDM509 VIBRATIONS OF CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS

Course Code: 8760509
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Mechanical Design And Manufacturing
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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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 diffference technique.Modal analysis and response of undamped continuous systems.