Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
Project Type
group
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Kelsey Hunsicker, Sophomore Sarah Kraus Sophia Muller Martinelli De Souza
Lead Presenter's Name
Kelsey Hunsicker
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Engineering
Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Jorge Gonzalez
Abstract
Mechanical Vibrations are crucial in understanding and structural analysis of engineering systems such as bridges and airplane wings. If not considered, these vibrations can lead to structural fatigue or failure. By using differential equations, structural vibrations will be examined. Researching the different kinds of vibrations and damping will help to find the vibration behavior of the system. For example, a mass-spring damper system will use second-order linear differential equations. The systems model can be shown to be underdamped, overdamped, or critically damped. These will compare the amplitudes and oscillation differences between the systems by using computational code. Analyzing these differences will help to visualize the systems' vibration behavior to ultimately improve the systems' behavior. Overall, this research will seek to understand the mechanical vibrations of engineering systems structural analysis by using differential equations and computational code.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
No
Included in
Dynamics and Dynamical Systems Commons, Engineering Mechanics Commons, Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynamics Commons
Mechanical Vibrations and Damping – Structural Analysis
Mechanical Vibrations are crucial in understanding and structural analysis of engineering systems such as bridges and airplane wings. If not considered, these vibrations can lead to structural fatigue or failure. By using differential equations, structural vibrations will be examined. Researching the different kinds of vibrations and damping will help to find the vibration behavior of the system. For example, a mass-spring damper system will use second-order linear differential equations. The systems model can be shown to be underdamped, overdamped, or critically damped. These will compare the amplitudes and oscillation differences between the systems by using computational code. Analyzing these differences will help to visualize the systems' vibration behavior to ultimately improve the systems' behavior. Overall, this research will seek to understand the mechanical vibrations of engineering systems structural analysis by using differential equations and computational code.