NPTEL Syllabus

Mechanical Vibrations -
Video course

SN Modules Lectures Lecture Contents Remarks

1
I.
i
Overview of the
course, practical
applications and
RT-01 NPTEL
Introduction
research trends http://nptel.ac.in
Harmonic and
2 ii periodic motions, RT-02
vibration terminology Mechanical
Vibration model,
3 i Equation of motion-
Natural Frequency
RT-03 Engineering
II.
Single-DOF Energy method,
4 ii RT-04
Free Rayleigh method
Vibrations
Principle of virtual Coordinators:
5 iii work, Damping RT-05
models. Prof. Rajiv Tiwari
Viscously damped Department of Mechanical
6 i RT-06 EngineeringIIT Guwahati
free vibration
Special cases: Prof. S.K. Dwivedy
oscillatory, non- Department of Mechanical
7 III. ii oscillatory and RT-07 EngineeringIIT Guwahati
Single-DOF critically damped
Free motions.
Vibrations
Logarithmic
decrement,
8 iii Experimental RT-08
determination of
damping coefficient.
Forced harmonic
9 i vibration, RT-09
Magnification factor.
III. Rotor unbalance,
10 Single-DOF ii RT-10
Transmissibility
Free
11 Vibrations iii Vibration Isolation RT-11
Equivalent viscous
12 iv damping, Sharpness RT-12
of resonance.
Generalized and
Principal coordinates,
13 i SKD-01
derivation of
IV. equations of motion
Two-DOF
14 Free ii Lagrange’s equation SKD-02
15 Vibrations iii Coordinate coupling SKD-03
 Forced Harmonic
16 iv SKD-04
vibration
Tuned absorber,
17 i determination of SKD-05
V. Vibration mass ratio.
Absorber Tuned and damped
18 ii absorber, unturned SKD-06
viscous damper.
Derivation of
equations of motion,
19 i SKD-07
influence coefficient
method
Properties of
vibrating systems:
20 VI. ii flexibility and SKD-08
Multi-DOF stiffness matrices,
reciprocity theorem
Modal analysis:
21 iii SKD-09
undamped
Modal analysis:
22 iv SKD-10
damped

RT: Rajiv Tiwari SKD:Santosh Kumar

Dwivedy
SN Modules Lectures Lecture Contents Remarks
23 i Rayleigh method SKD-11
24 VII. ii Stodala method SKD-12
Calculation
of natural Matrix iteration
25 iii SKD-13
frequencies method
Holzer method and
26 iv SKD-14
Dunkerley’s method
Simple systems with
27 i one or two rotor RT-13
masses
VIII. Multi-DOF systems-
28 Torsional ii transfer matrix RT-14
vibration method
29 iii Geared system RT-15
30 iv Branched system RT-16
31 i Vibration of strings SKD-15
Longitudinal and
32 ii torsional vibration of SKD-16
rods
IX.
Continuous Transverse vibration
systems : of beams: equations
33 iii SKD-17
closed form of motion and
solutions boundary conditions
Transverse vibration
of beams: natural
34 iv SKD-18
frequencies and
mode shapes
Rayleigh’s energy
35 i SKD-19
method
X.
Continuous Rayleigh-Ritz
 Continuous Rayleigh-Ritz
36 ii SKD-20
systems : method
Approximate
solutions Assumed modes
37 iii and Galerkin’s SKD-21
method
Finite element
formulation for
38 i RT-17
beams: Galerkin’s
method
Beams elemental
mass and stiffness
39 ii RT-18
XI. matrices, Elemental
Finite force vector,
element Global finite element
analysis assembly and
imposition of
40 iii RT-19
boundary conditions
and solution
procedure.
Finite element
41 iv RT-20
formulation for rods.
Vibration testing
equipments: signal
generation,
42 i RT-21
measuring and
conditioning
XI. instruments
Signature
analysis and Vibration testing
43 preventive ii equipments: signal RT-22
maintenance analysis instruments
Vibration signatures
44 iii RT-23
and standards
Field balancing of
45 iv RT-24
rotors

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