ASE 365, Structural Dynamics

Course Review
Spring 2017
Dr. Jeremiah Palmer

Section I: Review Concepts from Vibrations

1. Review of Complex Arithmetic

2. Review of Dynamics Concepts (Force, Momentum, Moment, Work/Energy)

(a) Single Particle

(b) System of Particles
(c) Rigid Bodies

3. Discrete System Components - Masses, Springs, Dampers

4. Equivalent Springs

Section II: Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) Systems

1. Introduction to Systems of Vibration

(a) Superposition
(b) Harmonic Excitations
(c) The Model Problem

2. Deriving SDOF Equations of Motion (EOM) Using the Newtonian Approach

3. Separating Equilibrium from Dynamics

4. Free Response of Undamped SDOF Systems

5. Free Response of Damped SDOF Systems

(a) Underdamped Systems

(b) Critically Damped Systems
(c) Overdamped Systems

6. Measurement of Damping

7. Coulomb Damping

8. SDOF Response to Harmonic Forcing

(a) The Frequency Response, Phase Difference

(b) Frequency Response Plots, Peak Location and Value
 (c) Dampings Affect on Frequency Response Peaks

9. Special SDOF Systems

(a) Systems with Rotating Unbalanced Masses

(b) Harmonic Base Motion - Transmissibility
(c) Vibration Isolation

10. SDOF Response to Periodic Forcing

(a) Fourier Representation (Trigonometric and Exponential Forms)

(b) Even/Odd Functions

11. SDOF Response to Non-Periodic Forcing

(a) Unit Impulse Response

(b) Unit Step Response
(c) Unit Ramp Response
(d) Arbitrary Response Using the Convolution Integral

Section III: Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom (MDOF) Systems

1. Introduction to MDOF Systems

(a) Deriving MDOF EOM Using the Newtonian Approach

(b) Casting the EOM into Matrix Form
(c) Characteristics of the Mass, Stiffness, and Damping Matrices
(d) Coordinate Changes Using Matrix Transformations

2. The Generalized Eigenvalue Problem

(a) Mass-Orthogonality and Non-Uniqueness of Eigenvectors

(b) MDOF Systems Natural Frequencies and Natural Modes

3. Free Response of MDOF Systems

(a) Complicated Equation Approach (2DOF only, Undamped)

(b) Modal Approach (Undamped)

4. Harmonic Response of MDOF Systems

(a) Impedance Approach (Damped and Undamped)

(b) Modal Approach (Undamped)

5. Undamped MDOF System Response to Arbitrary Forcing (Convolution)

6. Undamped Vibration Absorbers

 7. Mass Normalization of Eigenvector Matrices

8. Rigid Body Modes

(a) How to identify the existence of rigid body modes

(b) Removing rigid body modes from the matrix equation

Section IV: Analytical Dynamics

1. Generalized Coordinates and Degrees of Freedom

2. Derivation of Lagranges Equations

(a) Principle of Virtual Work

(b) DAlemberts Principle
(c) Extended Hamiltons Principle

3. Deriving MDOF EOM using Lagranges Equations

4. Conservation of Energy of MDOF Systems

Section V: Distributed-Parameter Systems

1. Derivation of the Second-Order Partial Differential Equation of Motion Using Newtonian

Approach

(a) String in Transverse Vibration

(b) Rod in Axial Vibration
(c) Shaft in Torsion

2. Boundary Conditions for Second-Order Problems

3. The Second-Order Differential Eigenvalue Problem - Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions

4. Mass Normalization of Eigenfunctions.

5. Solving Second-Order Free Response Problems

6. Derivation of the Fourth-Order Partial Differential Equation of Motion Using Newtonian

Approach (Beams in Bending)

7. Boundary Conditions for Fourth-Order Problems

8. The Fourth-Order Differential Eigenvalue Problem - Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions