KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLUM AND MINERALS

Mechanical Engineering Department

ME 553- Advanced Vibrations
TERM 162 TERM PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
The below is a short description of the assigned term projects for ME553 (Term 162). Each student/group
of students (need to discuss this with the instructor) should write report (no more than 12/15 pages)
comprising useful information of their selected term project topics. The report should contain few
published references such as: publications, thesis, dissertations, etc...

Term Project OBJECTIVES:

The project in this course will require you to model a real mechanical system of sufficient complexity,
formulate the equations of motion, and simulate its vibration and dynamical characteristic. Some
programming will be required for this. MATLAB is highly recommended unless you are more
comfortable with something else such as MATHEMATICA, MAPLE, SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS,…

Important NOTES:

1. The reports should be submitted no later than Tuesday May 23rd.

2. No late reports will be accepted.
3. Each student has to contribute to the project and this must be shown in the report and also reported to
the instructor after submission.
4. You all have to select a suitable topic of sufficient vibrational complexity (few proposal are
listed below).
5. Starying from today, each student/groups of students has two weeks (let’s say April 11th to let
the instructor know about his/the group selected topic.

Term Project REPORT DETAILS:

The final report should include:

 Literature review of the selected topic
 Adequate description of your selected real system
 Model of your system: generalized coordinates, constraints, forces, etc…
 Governing equations of your system…
 Simulation of your system in MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, …. Attach the code, important
figures, solution data, etc….
 Conclusions (what the student/the group have learnt through this mini- term project)

Term Project PRESENTATIONS:

The term project outcomes will be presented by each student/group of student in the last week of term.
Here are some proposals of project’ topics to be considered for this term:

Dynamics of MEMS effect of rotor speed on system Dynamics of MEMS

gyroscope natural frequencies accelerometer
Unbalanced rotor Car Suspension ANY OTHER
running close to WindBelt System under several
resonance profiles a bumpy road SYSTEM YOU
effect of rotor speed on DC servo Motor with a SELECT
System under Mechanical
system natural Rotating Mass
Shock Loads
frequencies Unbalance

Any questions, just ask!

Pace yourself to work every week and if possible report regularly to the instructor.
Do not ask for an extension or an incomplete.