Vibration of Cont.sys.with Comput.meth

Course content

Generalized coordinates and Hamilton's principle. Boundary value problem. The eigenvalue problem and generalized orthogonality. Vibration of strings, bars and membranes. Variational methods in vibration of plates. Approximate methods. Classical and variational methods in conjunction with finite difference technique. Modal analysis and response of undamped continuous systems. (R/F)