Course Catalogue

Vibration 4 ENG4137

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This course aims to introduce students to the theoretical and experimental basis for the modelling of multiple degree-of-freedom vibrating systems.  The course develops understanding of lumped parameter and continuous system vibration, introduces the field of acoustics, and develops student skills in the theory and practice of experimental vibration analysis.

Timetable

4 lectures per week

5 hours of tutorials spread through semester

2 afternoons of laboratory work

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

Vibration ENG5090

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

75% Written Exam

25% Report: report on laboratory assignment

Main Assessment In: April/May

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to:

■ provide students with a solid grounding in the fundamentals of theoretical and experimental vibration analysis for the modelling and interpretation of the vibration behaviour of multiple degree-of-freedom systems;

■ introduce the field of acoustics.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ model and analyse simple multiple degree-of-freedom lumped mass systems;

■ model and analyse continuous systems such as rods and beams;

■ describe the theoretical principles of experimental modal analysis;

■ use experimental modal analysis techniques to estimate the vibration behaviour of simple structures;

■ use finite element analysis for modelling structural vibration;

■ describe the fundamental principles of acoustics in engineering applications.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions