ENG 122: Intro to Mechanical Vibrations

Schedule

This is the schedule for the quarter. The final date is fixed and homework will be due each week on Monday. 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
01 M Jan 06
  • Introduction
  • Working with Jupyter and Python
  • Book Balancing on a Cup Demo
  
02 W Jan 08 Measuring a Bike Wheel's Inertia  
03 M Jan 13
  • Measuring a Bike Wheel's Inertia
  • Curve Fitting
 HW 01
04 W Jan 15
  • Linear 2nd Order ODE Solutions
  • Clock Pendulum with Damping
  
NA M Jan 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday    
NA T Jan 21     HW 02
05 W Jan 22
  • Clock Pendulum with Damping
  
06 M Jan 27
  • Center of Percussion
  • Nonlinear Clock Pendulum
 HW 03
07 W Jan 29
  • Nonlinear Clock Pendulum
  • Introduction to Modeling
  
08 M Feb 03 Modeling a Trifilar Pendulum HW 04
09 W Feb 05 Modeling a Trifilar Pendulum  
NA F Feb 07     Project Proposal
10 M Feb 10 Modeling MultiDof Systems HW 05
11 W Feb 12
  • Linearizing MultiDoF Systems
  • Sinusoidal Forcing
  
NA M Feb 17 President's Day Holiday    
12 W Feb 19
  • Sinusoidal Forcing
  
NA F Feb 21     HW 06
13 M Feb 24
  • Arbitrary Forcing
  • Intro to Modal Analaysis
  
14 W Feb 26
  • Modes of a Ball Channel Pendulum
  
NA F Feb 28     Modeling Report
15 M Mar 02
  • Modes of a Multi-Story Building
   HW 07
17 W Mar 04
  • Generalized forces
  
18 M Mar 09
  • Forcing Multi-Story Building
  • Damped modal analysis
  
19 W Mar 11
  • Modes of bicycle
 HW 08
NA T Mar 17
  • Final Period 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Project Lightning Talks
   Final Report

Key:

  • NB XX : Pre-typed notebook worked on in class
  • NB LXX : Notebooks created live in class
  • NB EXX : Extra notebooks created outside of class
  • Notes LXX: Handwritten notes from class