BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE-PILANI - HYDERABAD CAMPUS

INSTRUCTION DIVISION, SECOND SEMESTER 2014 - 2015

(COURSE HANDOUT PART II)
Date: 12/01/2015
In addition to part-I (general handout for all courses in the time-table), this handout provides the specific details
regarding the course.
Course No.:

ME F343

Course Title:

MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS

Instructor-in-charge:
Dr.G.R.Sabareesh
1.
Scope and Objective: This course is designed to acquaint the students with topics in vibrations. The
emphasis is on application to common engineering situations. The main aim of the course is to prepare students
to tackle complex and frontier technological problems in vibrations. The analysis of increasingly complex system
has been instrumental in the usage of concepts like Lagrange equations and generalized coordinates. Introductory
topics in control systems are included in the last part of the course.
2.

Text Book:

T1. "Theory of Vibrations with Applications", William T. Thomson, Marie Dillon Dahleh and
Chandramouli Padmanabhan, Pearson, Sixth Ed.
T2. Modern Control Engineering, Katsuhiko Ogata, Pearson, 5th Edition
Reference Books:

R1. "Mechanical Vibrations", Singiresu S Rao, Pearson, 4th Ed.

R2. "Mechanical Vibrations - Theory and Application", Francis S. Tse, Ivan E. Morse and
Hinkle, Allyn and Bacon Inc. London, 1983.
3. Course Plan:
Lecture
Learning Objectives
Topics to be covered
Nos.
Introduction to Vibration: Basic concepts of Vibration,
Brief review of fundamental
Oscillatory Motion, Harmonic motion, Periodic Motion,
1-3
concepts of vibration
Elementary parts of Vibrating systems, Degree of
freedom, Discrete and continuous systems

4-6

7-10

Understand the causes and

reasons for vibration and
why vibrations die out.
Analysis of simple vibrating
systems
Modeling
of
vibrating
systems
natural
and
undamped.
Effect
of
damping on systems in
vibration, Other types of
damping and energy loss

Forced system analysis.

Need for Vibration isolation
and critical speed and
11-17
resonance
Construction and functioning
of measuring instruments

Rolland T.

Chapter
T-1-CH-1,
R1-CH-1

Vibration analysis, spring mass and damping elements in

a vibrating system, Types of damping, Complex number
notation, Harmonic analysis

T-1-CH-1,
R-1,CH-1

Single dof free undamped vibration systems ,Single dof

free damped vibration systems , Coulomb damping

T-1-CH-2,
R-1 CH-2

Single dof forced vibration systems, Vibration isolation,

support motion, rotary unbalance, whirling of shafts,
sharpness of resonance
T-1-CH-3,
Structural damping, energy dissipated by damping,
R-1-CH-3
equivalent viscous damping
Vibration measuring instruments

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Lecture
Nos.

Learning Objectives

Topics to be covered

Transient
versus
steady
systems and analysis
Two and more dof systems
modeling and analysis, Matrix
methods and forced multi dof
21-26
systems
18-20

Chapter

Transient vibration of single dof systems, Laplace and finite T-1CH-4,

difference methods
R-1-CH-4
Multi dof free vibration systems, Normal modes, initial
conditions, coordinate coupling, decoupling
T-1CH-5,
Matrix formulation, Eigen values and vectors, Multi dof
R-1-CH-5,6
forced harmonic vibration, Orthogonality relations
Vibration absorber

Energy methods and

Energy method, Rayleigh Method, Virtual work methods,
Generalized coordinates and
Lagrange Mechanics, Generalized Coordinates
27-31
use of Lagranges mechanics
32-34 Classical Methods

Rayleigh method, Rayleigh-Ritz method, Dunkerleys T-1CH-10

equation
R-1CH-8

Vibration
of
continuous
Vibration of string, rods, bars and beams
systems,
Stiffness Matrix and flexibility influence coefficients
35-39 FEM
Introduction to control systems
Control theory concepts
4.

T-1CH-6
R-1CH-7

T-1CH-8,11
R-1CH-6,8
T-2-CH1&2

Evaluation Scheme:
Evaluation Component

Duration

Weightage (%)

Date & Time

Nature of
Component

Test-1

60 min

15

21/02/2015
8:00AM-09:00AM

CB

Test-2

60 min

15

06/04/2015
8:00AM-09:00AM

CB

*Tutorial Tests

10 min

15

Class Room

Home Assignments
Comprehensive Exam

20
180 min

35

CB

OB
08/05/2015 AN

CB

5.

Chamber Consultation Hour: To be announced in the class room.

6.

*Surprise tutorial tests of 10 minutes duration each will be conducted during the tutorials or regular classes
and these will be evaluated for ten marks each.

8.

Notices: All notices concerning this course will be displayed on Mechanical Engineering Department Notice
Board/ CMS. Besides this, students are advised to visit regularly CMS (institutes web based course
management system) for latest updates.

9.

Make-up Policy: Make-up shall be given only to the genuine cases with prior intimation. No make-up will be
given for the surprise tests.

Dr.G.R.Sabareesh
ME F343

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