Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Teaching and Evaluating Mechanical Vibrations With Matlab®
Year:2014
Research Areas
  • Education
Information
Abstract
The study of the response of mechanical systems to external excitations, even in the simplest cases, involves solving second-order ordinary differential equations or systems thereof. Finding the natural frequencies of a system and understanding the effect of variations of the excitation frequencies on the response of the system are essential when designing mechanisms [1] and structures [2]. However, faced with the mathematical complexity of the problem, students tend to focus on the mathematical resolution rather than on the interpretation of the results. To overcome this difficulty, once the general theoretical problem and its solution through the state space [3] have been presented, Matlab®[4] and Simulink®[5] are used to simulate specific situations. Without them, the discussion of the effect of slight variations in input variables on the outcome of the model becomes burdensome due to the excessive calculation time required. Conversely, with the help of those simulation tools, students can easily reach practical conclusions and their evaluation can be based on their interpretation of results and not on their mathematical skills
International
Si
Congress
International Congress on Education, Innovation and Learning Technologies
960
Place
Barcelona (Spain)
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-989-95089-1-0
Start Date
23/07/2014
End Date
25/07/2014
From page
64
To page
64
International Congress on Education, Innovation and Learning Technologies
Participants
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Métodos no destructivos de caracterización de Materiales, Medios Geológicos y Estructuras
  • Departamento: Energía y Combustibles
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Geológica y Minera