GEG3763

Vibration and noise control

W Wang

4.5 points
* 39 lecture hours and 26 laboratory/tutorial hours
* Second semester
* Gippsland/distance
* Prerequisite: GEG2723

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: 20%
* Assignments: 30%

Prescribed texts

Inman D J Engineering vibration Prentice-Hall, 1994