INTERMEDIATE VIBRATIONS

ME 440

Course Description

Harmonic motion; natural frequencies and vibration of damped and undamped single and multi-degree of freedom systems; modal analysis; influence coefficients; lumped-mass modeling; dynamic load factors; Rayleigh's method; flow-induced vibrations; shaft whirl; balancing; vibration absorbers and tuned mass dampers; finite element modeling.

Prerequisties

(ME 306 or EMA 303 ) and (ME 340 or EMA/ME 540 ), or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies

EMA/ME 540 and EMA 610

Credits

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average

3.52

-0.17% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.71% from Historical

A Rate

37.5%

-22.4% from Historical

Class Size

4.7% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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