ME6442 Vibration of Mechanical Systems

Spring 2010

Professor Al Ferri

Office: J. Erskine Love Jr. Manufacturing Building (MRDC-II), Rm 107
Phone: (404)-894-7403, (404)-894-8496 (FAX)
Email Address: al.ferri@me.gatech.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 9:30-11am

Class Meeting Time/Place: MWF, 2:05-2:55pm, Rm 184, J.Erskine Love Building (MRDC-II)

Textbook: Mechanical and Structural Vibrations, Theory and Applications, J.H. Ginsberg, John Wiley & Sons, 2001 ISBN 0-471-37084-3, Approximate Price: $136 (New), $80 (Used)

Course Information

Class Syllabus

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

  • ME3015 System Dynamics and Control (or equivalent)
  • ME3201 Mechanics of Materials (or equivalent)

    • Course Catalog Description: 

    Introduction to modeling and oscillatory response analysis for discrete and continuous mechanical and structural systems

    Announcements/New Items:

    Assignments

    Over the course of the semester, there will be approximately 12 homework assignments worth 10 points each. I will drop your lowest grade. Working in groups is allowed but each student must turn in their own homework. While "getting the right answer" is certainly a worthy goal, your homework grade will be mostly based on your demonstrated effort to attempt all parts of the assignment. Some assignments will be time-consuming and many will require computers to solve the problem and/or plot the results. I must stress that the homework assignments are designed to help you to learn the material. If you do not put in sufficient effort, or if you are relying too heavily on the aid of others in your study-group, it will negatively impact your test and exam grades. Solutions to the homework will be posted to the website after the due-date for the Distance-Learning students is passed. It is your responsibility to review these solutions in detail and to compare them with your returned homework assignments.

    Due dates are for On-Campus Students; the due date for Distance-Learning Students is 1-week later. Links to the solutions are posted in last column when they are available.

        Assignment
    Due Date
    		    Solutions
    Hwk 1:
    1/20/10
     
    Hwk 2:
    1/27/10
     
    Hwk 3:
    2/3/10
     
    Hwk 4:
    2/10/10
     
    Hwk 5:
    2/17/10
     
    Hwk 6:
    2/24/10
     
    Hwk 7:
    3/3/10
     
    Hwk 8:
    3/10/10
     
    Hwk 9:
    3/31/10
     
    Hwk 10:
    4/7/10
     
    Hwk 11:
    4/14/10
     
    Hwk 12:
    4/21/10
     

    Grading Policy:

    Test 1 (Weds, 2/10/10) 25%
    Test 2 (Fri, 3/26/10) 25%
    Final Exam (Thursday, May 6, 11:30am-2:20pm) 30%
    Homework 20%.

    Academic Integrity:

    Academic honesty is essential to achieve high-quality education and to maintain the value of a Georgia Tech diploma. While I encourage you to work together and to form study groups, it is important that you take responsibility for the content of all assignments. Cheating on tests and final exams will not be tolerated. When uncovered, violations will be reported to the Dean of Students immediately. A valuable resource for the Georgia Tech Student Code of Conduct and the Academic Honor Code is: http://www.deanofstudents.gatech.edu/codeofconduct.


    Sample Tests from Previous Semesters and Quarters:

  • ME6442 Test 1, Spring Semester 2003
  • ME6442 Test 1, Spring Semester 2006
  • ME6442 Test 2, Spring Semester 2003
  • ME6442 Test 2, Spring Semester 2006
  • ME6442 Final Exam, Spring Semester 2003
  • ME6442 Final Exam, Spring Semester 2006

    Resources and References