COURSE SYLLABUS

2nd Semester, Academic Year 2014(2557)

1. Faculty of Engineering

Department of Aerospace Engineering

2. Course code 01215323

Course name Aircraft Vibration Section 1, 480
Total credits 3(3 -0)
Prerequisite 417267 Engineering Mathematics III
Day and Time : Section 1, Thursday, 09:00am-12:00pm Room: 0406
Section 480, Tuesday, 09:00am-12:00pm Room: 1306
3. Lecturer(s): 1. Dr. Chaiwat Klampol
2. Asst. Prof. Ouiechai Chirachon
4. Office hours for consultation with students
Day: Friday Time: 07:30-11:30am Room: 1209 (Building14, 12th floor)
Telephone 02-942-8555 ext 1734 e-mail address: fengcwp@ku.ac.th
5. Course Description
Fundamental theory of vibration and its engineering practice: free and forced vibration of systems
with single degree and multi degree of freedom; vibration of rotating systems; lumped mass analysis;
frequency response function;time and frequency domain; step and impulse analysis; flutter analysis;
vibration testing: introduction to random vibration.

6. Course Objectives: To successfully complete the class, the students should be able to:
6.1. derive governing equations from physical systems.
6.2. demonstrate their knowledge of various solution methods to free and forced vibration of single
degree of freedom systems.

6.3. determine natural frequencies and mode shapes through the use of eigenvalue techinques
6.4. demonstrate their ability to solve free and forced vibration problems of multi degree of freedom
systems.
6.5. design vibration isolation systems to match a set of given specifications.

7. Course Outline
7.1. Governing equations for dynamical systems (Newtons second law and energy methods).
7.2. Solution methods for free vibration of single degree of freedom systems.
7.3. Solution methods for single degree of freedom systems under the influence of harmonic forcing
functions and general forcing function.
7.4. Multi degree of freedom systems and solutions to their governing equations.
7.5. Modal analysis method.
7.6. Vibration testing.
7.7. Design for vibration suppression.
7.8. Introduction to Aeroelasticity and Flutter analysis.

8. Student-centered Teaching Method(s)

lecture, discussion, independent study, presentation, homework, learning through

research/experimentation/analysis/critique/conclusion

9. Teaching Aids/Materials
slides, video-audio materials, electronics media, documents, real/man-made/simulated samples

10. Textbooks and Readings

Main textbook: Thomson, Theory of Vibration with Application, Pearson, 1998
References: Daniel Inman, Engineering Vibration, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2008
Leonard Meirovitch, Fundamental of Vibration, McGraw Hill, 2002

11. Class Schedule

Class Meeting
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1

Topic

Lecturer

Intro to Vibration,
Harmonic motion
Single-Degree-of-Freedom
Models
Free Vibration, Damping Models,
Stability
Forced Vibration, Response to
Harmonic Forcing Functions
Rotating Unbalance, Base Excitation
with Practical Examples
Vibration Monitoring

Chaiwat

General forced response, Transform

Methods, Design Considerations,
Numerical Simulation
Midterm Exam
Response to random inputs,
nonlinear response properties
Two-Degree-of-Freedom Models,
Eigenvalues & natural frequencies
More-than-two DOF systems,
Lagranges equations

Chaiwat

12

Flexibility and stiffness matrices,

reciprocity theory, computational
Eigenvalue problems of Vibration

Chaiwat

13

Chaiwat

16

Design for vibration suppression ,

Practical isolation design
Intro to Vibration Testiong and
Experimental Modal Analysis
*Project due
Intro to Aeroelasticity and Flutter
Analysis
Project Presentations, review

17

Final Exam

2
3
4
5
6
7

8
9
10
11

14

15

12. Measures of Achievement

Chaiwat
Chaiwat
Chaiwat
Chaiwat
Chaiwat

Chaiwat
Chaiwat
Chaiwat

Chaiwat

Chaiwat
Ouiechai,
Chaiwat

Percent
12.1 Term project and presentation

15

12.2 Examinations:
- Mid-term examination
- Final examination
12.3 Homework & quiz

35
40
10
Total

100

13. Grading
A
B+
B
C+
C
D+
D
F

>80%
75-80%
70-74%
65-69%
60-64%
55-59%
50-54%
<50%

14. Class policies

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There are official office hours. If you stop by unannounced, there is no guarantee that we will be
able to meet with you at that time due to other responsibilities. Therefore if you want to meet
outside of the office hours, we suggest that you schedule a meeting time in advance.
Before coming to discuss specific homework problems, you are expected to read both the text
and/or handouts relating to topic in the questions. Also, you should make an honest attempt at
solving the problems before coming to speak with us.
Homework is due one week after it is assigned. Furthermore, it is due in class at the beginning of
the lecture. Late assignment will not be accepted unless, in extenuating circumstances, special
arrangements are made more than 24 hours in advanced.
You are permitted to discuss your homework with classmates. However, we strongly suggest you
work independently (at least when you first try the homework). In any cases, the work and final
presentation of the work must be your own. Otherwise the homework will not be graded.
For the midterm and final exams, you are allowed only the main textbook, handouts and your own
hand-written lecture notes.

Signature
( Asst. Prof. Ouiechai Chirachon )

Signature
( Chaiwat Klampol, Ph.D. )
Date