The course will cover fundamental concepts on the vibration of mechanical systems including, but not limited to, Fundamentals of Vibration : Elements of a vibratory system, vector representation of S.H.M., degrees of freedom, Introduction to Physical and Mathematical modeling of vibratory systems : Bicycle, Motor bike and Quarter Car. types of vibration, equivalent stiffness and damping, formulation of differential equation of motion (Newton, D’Alembert and energy method)
Undamped free vibrations: Natural frequency for longitudinal, transverse and torsional vibratory systems.