PES University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

6th Semester B Tech.

UE15ME352:Mechanical Vibrations

Faculty: Dr.CVC/Dr.SV/Prof.SM No. of Hours: 52

[Reference of Chapters are with respect to Textbook 1]
UNIT – I
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Vibrations
Introduction, importance of vibration, basic concepts of vibration, classification of Vibration,
Vibration analysis procedure, Mathematical modeling of a forging hammer, Mathematical model of
a motorcycle, Spring elements, Combination of springs, Springs in parallel and springs in series,
Spring constant associated with restoring force due to gravity, Mass or inertia elements,
Combination of masses, Case 1: Translational Masses Connected by a Rigid Bar, Case 2:
Translational and Rotational Masses Coupled Together, Damping elements, types of model and
combination dampers, Harmonic motion and definitions and terminology - theory, Harmonic
analysis, Fourier series expansion,
Chapter 2: Free Vibration of Single-degree-of-freedom Systems
Introduction, free vibrations of undamped translational system, Equation of motion using Newton’s
second Law of Motion, Equation of motion using other methods, D’Alembert’s Principle, the
Principle of virtual displacement and the Principle of conservation of energy method ( Rayleigh’s
Energy Method), Free vibration of undamped torsional system, Free vibration with viscous
damping, Logarithmic decrement

UNIT – II
Chapter 3: Harmonically excited vibration of single-degree-of-freedom system
Introduction, Equation of motion, response of an undamped system under harmonic force,
Response of a damped system under harmonic force, Magnification factor, Total Response,
Response of a damped system under the harmonic motion of the base (base excitation),
Displacement transmissibility and force transmissibility ratio, Response of a damped system under
rotating unbalance, Response of a damped system under rotating unbalance
Chapter 9: Vibration Control
Introduction, vibration nomograph and vibration criteria, Reduction of vibration at the source,
Whirling of rotating shafts, critical speeds, response of the system, Control of vibration, control of
natural frequencies, introduction of damping, vibration isolation, numerical problems
UNIT – III
Chapter 5: Two- degree-of-freedom system
Introduction, Free-vibration analysis of undamped systems, Differential equation of
motion, natural frequencies and mode shapes of spring mass systems, Differential equation
of motion, natural frequencies and mode shapes of double pendulum, coupled pendulum,
Differential equation of motion, natural frequencies and mode shapes of masses on tightly stretched
strings, geared systems, Torsional systems, Coordinate coupling and principal coordinates,
Numerical, Forced vibration analysis, Semi-definite system, Vibration absorber, Undamped
dynamics vibration absorber

UNIT – IV
Chapter 6: Multi-degree-of-freedom systems
Introduction, modeling of continuous system as multi-degree of freedom system, equations of
motion using Newton’s second Law of motion, Influence coefficients, Stiffness influence
coefficients, Flexibility influence coefficients, Generalized coordinates and generalized forces
(Only theory), Equation of motion in matrix form (Only theory), Solution of the eigen value
problem, Orthogonality of normal modes (Only theory) , Matrix iteration method

UNIT – V
Chapter 8: Continuous System
Introduction, Transverse vibration of a string or Cable, Longitudinal vibration of a Bar or Rod,
Torsional vibration of a rod, Lateral vibrations of beams and Numerical

Chapter 10: Vibration Measurement

Introduction, transducers, vibration pick-up, frequency measuring instruments, Vibration exciters,
Signal analysis, Experimental modal analysis

Text Books:
1. “Mechanical Vibrations”, S S Rao, Pearson Education, 5th Edition, 2004

Reference Books:
1. “Theory of Vibration with application”, W T Thomson, M D Dahleh and C Padmanabha,
Pearson Education, 2008