UMASS Lowell - ME 22.457/550
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University of Massachusetts Lowell
ME22.457/550 Vibrations
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Homework assignments will be identified here as a reminder (IF I REMEMBER...) The homeworks are also identified in the Lectures and Homework section below. Homeworks are due one week following lecture on that material.
TBD - 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.21
TBD - 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.11, 2.29
TBD - 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.25, 3.28
TBD - 4.1, 4.6
TBD - 5.4, 5.24, 5.40(optional), 5.62
TBD - 6.19, 6.24
TBD Not Required - 7.25, 7.27
TBD Not Required - 8.27

PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS
This section identifies the Project Assignments for the semester.

The experimental modal project is identified for each group as follows - (TBA)

The finite element modeling project is identified for each person - (TBA)

This section contains material that has been already handed out in class or is only available in electronic format. Most of the material here has been prepared in Adobe PDF format.
Syllabus for ME 22.457/550 Spring 2006
Lectures and Homework Problems is a list of the lectures with the text book chapter sections for reference along with corresponding homework problems assigned. This is fairly complete but may have some revisions as the semester progresses (updated 2/3/4)
Homework Problems is a scanned copy of almost all of the homework problems assigned

These are non-printable PDF files of class notes I used for class will be included in this section. There will be email sent with the voice annotated versions of these notes. I am providing these PDF files as an additional resource to you. Also see the Dynamics Systems Course page which has other reference notes
Do Not Ask For a Printable Copy !!!
Chapter 1 lecture notes used in class
Energy Methods description by Inman
Chapter 2 lecture notes used in class
...Vibration Toolbox 1_1 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 1_2 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 1_5 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...White's MODLDEMO MATLAB script and PDF file with results
Chapter 3 lecture notes used in class
...Vibration Toolbox 1_4 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 2_3 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
Chapter 4 lecture notes used in class
...Vibration Toolbox 1_4 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 3_1 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 3_2 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
Chapter 5 lecture notes used in class
...Vibration Toolbox 4_2 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 5_1 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 5_4 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
Chapter 6 lecture notes used in class
...Vibration Toolbox 4_1 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
...Vibration Toolbox 4_3 MATLAB script and PDF file with results
Chapter 8 lecture notes used in class
Chapter 10 lecture notes used in class
...MATSAP scripts for MATLAB for project work
Experimental Modal Analysis lecture notes used in class
Chapter 13 lecture notes used in class
Base Excitation/Seismic lecture notes used in class

Some Brief MATLAB notes
Useful Tables and Formulas
Equation cheat sheet is printable and can be used for the test.

Confused about English Units??? Look at this if you need further clarification.

Need more references -
Michican Tech Notes are here -
Virginia Tech Notesare here -
UC SDRL Notesare here.
The John Hopkins University - Signals, Systems, Control page has some excellent demonstrations (http://www.jhu.edu/~signals/)
Fourier Series approximations gives a good presentation to describe the overall concept
S-Plane Exploration shows the response effects as system parameters are varied
Sampling and Filtering is shown here
A set of useful links to related material is listed below
Simulink Tutorial from UMICH
Another Simulink Tutorial from "Dynamic Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems" by Shearer, Kulakowski and Gardner
Dr Pennell's Page on Differential Equations with some useful MATLAB example files
Dr White's Page on Differential Equations with some useful MATLAB example files
MATLAB Educational Sites on UMAINE webpage
MATLAB/Simulink Resources on FSU webpage
Simulink Tutorials on UMICH webpage

A glimse of research work in the MACL

Go to Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory's Home Page

For any problems, contact Peter_Avitabile@uml.edu
or come to my office during office hours (but at times they may appear complex !!!)

Office Hours Schedule for Spring 2006

And of course there is always email which I answer at all hours of the day or weekend so that will NOT be an excuse that you couldn't get in touch with me ! email attesting to this
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