Imperial College London

DrChristophSchwingshackl

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Reader in Mechanical Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 1920c.schwingshackl Website

 
 
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Location

 

559City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Machine Dynamics and Vibrations A - MECH60001

Aims

This module aims to enable students to evaluate the dynamic response requirements of a proposed machine design and to produce workable proposals for its safe and effective operation. It will build on the second year Mechatronics and Solid Mechanics modules, introducing a greater range of examples where the dynamic response of a machine must be controlled and making the link between vibration and fatigue failure. This will involve some new subject matter in the vibration of continuous systems, rotor dynamics, signal processing and control analysis. A key aspect of the module is to demonstrate practical vibration measurements and to compare them to solutions of an idealised system in MATLAB. They will also deal with realistic problems involving the assessment of the fatigue life of structures subject to vibration and static loading. This is a level 6 version of the enhanced level 7 MDV module and students cannot take both for credit towards their final degree.


ECTS = 5

Role

Lecturer

Applied Vibration Engineering - MECH70016

Aims

This module teaches students how to use the theoretical principles of vibration, and vibration analysis techniques, for the practical solution of vibration problems. It builds on students’ prior knowledge of vibration theory, and concentrates on the applications. A key feature is that students work on identifying and defining the problems to be solved, prior to solving them. This includes choices of assumptions, choices of measurements to be made and information to be investigated, and choices of analysis techniques to be employed. 

ECTS units:  5

Role

Course Leader

Machine Dynamics and Vibrations B - MECH70050

Aims

This module aims to enable students to evaluate the dynamic response requirements of a proposed machine design and to produce workable proposals for its safe and effective operation. It will build on the second year Mechatronics and Solid Mechanics modules, introducing a greater range of examples where the dynamic response of a machine must be controlled and making the link between vibration and fatigue failure. This will involve some new subject matter in the vibration of continuous systems, rotor dynamics, signal processing and control analysis. A key aspect of the module is to demonstrate practical vibration measurements and to compare them to solutions of an idealised system in MATLAB. They will also deal with realistic problems involving the assessment of the fatigue life of structures subject to vibration and static loading. This is an enhanced level 7 version of the level 6 MDV module and students cannot take both for credit towards their final degree.

 

ECTS = 5

Role

Lecturer

Dynamics - MECH50008

Aims

This module aims to enable students to master the essential basic topics in vibrations and dynamics. Vibration can be a key feature of an engineering system or a source of system failure and this module studies the free vibration of single-degree-of-freedom undamped and damped systems and an introduction to multi-degree-of-freedom systems. In dynamics topics include work-done-energy equation, general plane motion , impulse-linear momentum, angular impulse-angular momentum, impact, generalized angular impulse-angular momentum, simple gyroscopic motion.

ECTS units: 5

 

Role

Course Leader