Course 106:

Teaching, Learning and Performing Vibration Analysis

Using the Free ABRAVIBE MATLAB/Octave Toolbox
Sunday, February 1, 2015 | 8:00 a.m.6:00 p.m.

Course Objective
This course is designed for teachers, students and practicing engineers alike, showing how the free, open
ABRAVIBE toolbox can be used for teaching, learning, and applying vibration analysis. The course gives an in-
depth description of typical methods used for noise and vibration analysis and modal analysis. The ABRAVIBE
toolbox and website includes powerful tools including time domain filtering, integration and differentiation
etc., spectrum analysis tools, and very powerful simulation tools for illustration and simulation of mechanical
systems. This allows teachers to design good and informative examples, the students to learn by applying and
looking through the provided tools, and practicing engineers get a powerful tool for vibration analysis.

Course Material Course Fee

Copies of overhead slides and the free open source
ABRAVIBE toolbox for MATLAB will be made available
to all participants.
The regular course fee for Teaching, Learning and
Performing Vibration Analysis is $400, and the student
course fee is $200. Course fee includes lunch, course
handout material, and refreshment breaks. Lodging
and additional food or materials are not included.

Course Content Instructor

MATLAB Introduction Spectrum Analysis Anders Brandt
For the novice user of MATLAB, we start by giving Experimental spectrum University of Southern
a quick overview of the software architecture estimation is a common and Denmark
and describe why MATLAB is particularly suited important task in vibration Anders has over twenty-five
for noise and vibration analysis. analysis. In this part, we give years of industrial and academic
an overview of how scaled experience as a consultant
Data Acquisition and Import spectra (FFT based as well as and teacher in applications
Before any NVH analysis can be done, data 1/1 and 1/n octaves) can be of signal analysis in acoustics,
Anders Brandt needs to be imported into MATLAB. So, implemented and used. experimental structural
in this part, we show how to use MATLAB dynamics and mechanical
Data Acquisition toolbox and/or how to FRF Estimation wave propagation in structures.
import measured data into MATLAB. Estimating good frequency He is the author of Noise and
response functions is another Vibration Analysis Signal
Time Data Analysis very important application, Analysis and Experimental
Before data are further analyzed, sometimes particularly in modal analysis. Procedures, published by Wiley
basic time data processing may be used, We therefore give a thorough 2011. He is also the designer
such as filtering, integration or differentiation presentation of different ways of the ABRAVIBE toolbox for
etc. In this section we present some state- of estimating FRFs, explaining teaching and learning vibration
of-the-art tools for these tasks. advantages and disadvantages. analysis, and is running the
website abravibe.com with
Mechanical System Simulation Experimental additional resources for teaching,
Course participants are
encouraged to bring their
and Data Synthesis Modal Analysis learning, and applying vibration
laptops with MATLAB Being able to simulate known mechanical In the last session, we cover analysis. Anders is a devoted and
or Octave preinstalled. models is essential in method development experimental modal analysis appreciated teacher and has
No computers will be
made available.
as well as in education. Therefore we give a in MATLAB. Examples are given held over 250 short-courses for
thorough description of how the MATLAB of simple SDOF methods as industry around the world, on
MATLAB is a trademark platform can be used to simulate known well as more advanced MDOF topics such as data acquisition,
by The MathWorks, Inc. mechanical models. methods for curve fitting data. vibration analysis, and modal
analysis, besides 15 years of
10 teaching university courses.
Held in conjunction with IMAC-XXXIII organized by the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.
More information can be found at http://sem.org
IMAC-XXXIII | February 25, 2015 | Rosen Plaza Hotel, 9700 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819 USA | rosenplaza.com