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ESM-5304: Mechanical and Structural Vibrations

Description: Free and forced vibration of single-degree-of-freedom systems, multi-degree-of-freedom systems, continuous systems including strings, rods, bars, and beams. Natural frequencies and modes. Rigid Body modes. Proportional and nonproportional damping. Response to harmonic, periodic, and nonperiodic excitations. Solutions by modal analysis, direct integration and Fourier Series. Approximate methods including assumed modes and the Rayleigh-Ritz method. Advanced topics chosen by instructor.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ESM-5414, MATH-5254, ME-5414

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: AOE-5034

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 11

Average GPA: 3.81 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 73.86%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Mayuresh J Patil201288.4%11.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.836
Surot Thangjitham202173.3%23.4%3.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.552
Mahendra P Singh2015100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.982
Michael K Philen201493.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.921

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