Energy Engineering BEng/MEng
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
Excluded Courses
Vibration ENG5090
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
75% Written Exam
25% Report: report on laboratory assignment
Main Assessment In: April/May
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.