Mechanical Vibrations

MECA0029
THEORY OF VIBRATION
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Contacts

• Jean-Claude Golinval (JC.Golinval@ulg.ac.be)

• Benoit Henrivaux (benoit.henrivaux@ulg.ac.be)

Items online: copy of the slides (portal MyULg)

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Learning outcome of the course

The objective of the course is to focus on analytical and

computational methods for predicting the dynamic response
of practical engineering structures.

Special attention is devoted to aerospace, mechanical and civil

engineering structures.
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Reference book

MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
Theory and Application to Structural Dynamics
Third Edition
Michel Géradin / Daniel Rixen
John Wiley & Sons 2014
ISBN 978-1-118-90020-8
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Course outline

1. Introduction and analytical dynamics of discrete systems

2. Undamped vibrations of n-degree-of-freedom systems
3. Damped vibrations of n-degree-of-freedom systems
4. Continuous systems: bars, beams and plates
5. Approximation of continuous systems by displacement methods
(Rayleigh-Ritz and finite element method)
6. Solution methods for the eigenvalue problem
7. Direct time-integration methods
8. Introduction to nonlinear dynamics
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Assessment methods and criteria

The final grade will be based on the project report and a written exam:

1. Group of students will be assigned a project. The grade will be based

on the results and the quality of the report (scientific and technical
content, conciseness, structuring of the written report and clarity of the
text). An oral presentation will be organised at the end of the project.

2. The exam will consist in answering to questions on the theoretical

concepts explained in the course. No document is allowed for the
written exam.

The assessment is based on the weighted geometric average of the project

and the exam. The final note is calculated as follows:

Final note = (Project)^(0.6) * (Exam)^(0.4)

There is no partial exemption in case of failure.