Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives To equip the student with the necessary skills and knowledge to enable her/him to take the necessary steps to control noise and vibration.
Synopsis Vibration: free vibrations of single degree of freedom systems; forced vibration; transmissibility and isolation of vibration; vibration measurement; two degree of freedom systems; determination of natural frequencies and associated mode shapes; equivalent system modelling; multi degree of freedom system; determination of eigenvalue and eigenvectors. Noise control: fundamentals and basic terminology; the human ear; instrumentation for noise measurement and analysis, sound sources, sound power; sound in enclosed areas; acoustic enclosures and barriers; muffling devices; sound power and pressure-level estimation procedures.
Assessment Examination: 50% + Laboratory: 15% + Assignments: 35%