Schedule

This is the schedule for the quarter. The midterm and final dates are fixed and homework will be due each week on Monday except around the exams. The lecture topics are tentative and will be adjusted to fit the flow of the class. Check the schedule periodically for changes.

#	Date	Topic	Materials	Assignment Due
1	W Sep 21	Intro to mechanical vibrations Intro to Scientific Python	Prep 1 Exercises 1 Intro to Python Intro to NumPy Intro to matplotlib
2	M Sep 26	History of Vibrations Energy methods Simple pendulum	Prep 2 Notes 2	HW #1
3	W Sep 28	Harmonic motion Initial conditions Phase More on energy methods Viscous damping	Prep 3 Notes 3 Notebook 3
4	M Oct 3	Compound pendulum Stiffness Stability	Prep 4 Notes 4	HW #2
5	W Oct 5	Spring mass Filar pendulum Log decrement Nonlinear simulation of vibrations Coulomb damping in free vibration	Prep 5 Notes 5 Notebook 5
6	M Oct 10	Forced vibration with no damping Resonance Undamped freq response curve	Prep 6 Notes 6	HW #3
7	W Oct 12	Damped frequency response Forced with viscous damping Base excitation transmissibility	Prep 7 Notes 7 Notebook 7-1 Notebook 7-2
NA	F Oct 14	Discussion 1	Discussion 1
8	M Oct 17	Mass imbalance Equivalent mass Equivalent stiffness Equivalent damping ratio Energy loss per cycle Aerodynamic damping Hysteretic damping	Prep 8 Notes 8	HW #4
9	W Oct 19	Impulse response function Book balancing problem	Prep 9 Notes 9 Notebook 9
10	M Oct 24	Rayleigh dissipation function Response to arbitrary input	Prep 10 Notes 10	HW #5
11	W Oct 26	Catch up Midterm review	Notes 11
NA	M Oct 31	Midterm
12	W Nov 2	Fourier Series Response to arbitrary periodic input	Notes 12 Notebook 12
13	M Nov 7	Free response of two DoF systems Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors	Notes 13	HW #6
14	W Nov 9	Transform methods Response to random inputs Damped response of two DoF systems	Notes 14 Notebook 14
15	M Nov 14	Modal Analysis Symmetric eigenproblem analogy Frequencies Modeshapes	Prep 15 Notes 15
16	W Nov 16	Damped response of two DoF systems Rigid body modes Rotation and translation example	Prep 16 Notes 16
17	M Nov 21	Multiple degrees of freedom	Notes 17
18	W Nov 23	Multiple degrees of freedom	Notebook 18
19	M Nov 28	Forced response Vibration standards (ISO) Isolator design Vibration absorbers	Prep 19 Notes 19	HW #7
20	W Nov 30	Course evals Review	Notes 20
NA	R Dec 8	Final Exam 8:00-10:00