Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Management and Technology

Sialkot Campus

FACULTY DETAILS

Name of Faculty Member: Dr Shahid Saghir

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Mechanical Engineering

COURSE DETAILS

Name of Program : B.Sc Mechanical Engineering

Semester : 7th

Subject Name : Mechanical Vibrations

Subject Code : ME - 421

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Contents

 Course table

 Course outline, Grading policy, Assessment weightages, Teaching

methodology

 PLOs, CLOs

 Week-wise lecture plan

 Mapping of assessments to CLOs

 Mapping of CLOs to PLOs

 Attendance Record

 Assignments

 Quizzes

 Mid Term Exam

 Final Term Exam

 Final Result

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ME-421 Mechanical Vibrations

Credit Hours 2 (Credit Hours)

Instructor Dr Shahid Saghir
Instructor’s Email shahid.saghir@skt.umt.edu.pk
Reference Books 1. Theory of Vibrations with Applications by W.T. Thompson (5th Edition).
2. Mechanical Vibrations by S. S. Rao (5th Edition)
3. Vibration for Engineers by Endrew Dimargonas (2nd Edition)

Course Outline
Oscillatory motion: Elements of vibrating system, harmonic motion. Single degree of freedom
systems: equation of motion: Newton’s method, energy method, finding natural frequencies,
Rayliegh method and Holzer method, undamped free vibration, viscously damped free vibration,
logarithmic decrement, harmonically excited vibration, vibration isolation, vibration measuring
instruments. Two degree of freedom systems: normal modes of vibration, coordinate coupling,
forced harmonic vibration, vibration absorber, vibration damper, orthogonality conditions.
Vibration of elastic bodies: free and forced vibration of cables and uniform bars, free and forced
lateral vibrations of simply supported thin beams, torsional vibration of circular shafts with single
rotor and two rotors, critical speed of rotating shafts.

Grading Policy/ Assessment Weightages

For this program, relative grading system is adopted. Weightages are as follows:

Final Term Exam 50%

Mid Term Exam 25%
Assignments 10%
Quizzes 15%

Teaching Methodology

1. Demonstration on whiteboard
2. Lecture slides on Multimedia

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Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1. Engineering knowledge
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution design
4. Investigation
5. Modern tool usage
6. Engineer and society
7. Environment and sustainability
8. Ethics
9. Team work
10. Communication
11. Project management
12. Lifelong learning

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

1) APPLY different methods to model vibrating systems for one/two Degree of

Freedom.
2) ANALYZE the physical parameters involved in natural frequency and response of
the system to free and forced inputs.
3) EVALUATE the dynamic response of a vibrating system by measuring and
analyzing its vibration parameters.

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Course Plan

Week Lecture Topics

CLOs

Introduction to vibration, causes of vibration, basic terminologies of

1 1
vibration, types of vibrations.
Vibration analysis procedure, spring elements, damper elements and mass
2 1
elements.
Numerical related to springs in series and parallel, simple harmonic
3 2
motion.
Techniques to find natural frequency using Alembert’s principle and
4 2
Rayleigh energy method.
The effect of the mass of the spring on the natural frequency of the
5 2
spring-mass system, mathematical modelling of real systems.
Free vibration of damped and undamped translational system and its
6 2
equations of motion, free vibration of undamped torsional system.
Free vibration with viscous damping, damping frequency, damping level
7 2
and its equations, logarithmic decrement.
To study engineering problems related to free damped undamped
8 2
vibrations and logarithmic decrement.

9 Mid Term Viva 1,2

To study about torsional vibration of circular shafts with single rotor

10 and two rotors, critical speed of rotating shafts 1

To study two degree of freedom systems: normal modes of vibration,

11 1
coordinate coupling.
To study about free and forced lateral vibrations of simply supported
12 2
thin beams.
To study about the vibration of elastic bodies, free and forced
13 2
vibration of cables and uniform bars.
Technique to find natural frequency of higher degree of freedom vibration
14 2
systems using Holzer method
To study about vibration absorber, vibration damper, orthogonality
15 2,3
conditions.
To study about vibration measuring instruments, their basic working
16 3
principle and construction.
To study about harmonically excited vibration, response of damped
17 3
forced vibration and vibration isolation.

18 Final Term Viva 1,2,3

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Mapping of Assessments to CLOs

Direct Assessments

Assignment

Assignment

Assignment
CLOs▼

Final Viva
Midterm
Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Viva
1

3
1      
2    
3   

Mapping of CLOs to PLOs

Taxonomy
Sr# CLO Domain PLO
Level
APPLY different methods to model vibrating
1 systems for one/two Degree of Freedom.
Cognitive 3 1
ANALYZE the physical parameters involved in
2 natural frequency and response of the system to Cognitive 4 2
free and forced inputs.
EVALUATE the dynamic response of a
3 vibrating system by measuring and analyzing its Cognitive 5 5
vibration parameters.

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Attendance Record

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Assignments

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Quizzes

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Mid Term Exam

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Final Term Exam

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Final Result

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