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Self-paced Intermediate

Control of Machinery and Vehicle Vibrations

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₹ 6000

849 min

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MILIND AMBARDEKARConsultant

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Why enroll

Participants should join this course because it uniquely bridges practical industry experience with rigorous engineering science, offering a holistic understanding of vibrations applicable to a wide range of fields—from vehicles and rotating machinery to structural components and emerging technologies. Whether your goal is to reduce noise and vibration in automotive systems, improve machinery reliability, perform modal testing, or diagnose complex failures, this course provides the essential knowledge and tools to do so. Engineers will gain strong proficiency in interpreting vibration signatures, conducting root-cause analysis, and applying modern CAE and testing techniques that are central to today’s product development and maintenance workflows.

The course is especially valuable because it goes far beyond textbook vibrations theory. It exposes participants to real industrial practices, modern diagnostic instruments, and analytical methods used in leading automotive and manufacturing companies. Learners develop the confidence to solve real problems such as gear-train vibrations, EV-specific NVH, rotor imbalance, structural resonance, and non-linear instabilities. The inclusion of advanced topics like active vibration control, energy harvesting, and therapeutic vibration applications ensures that the course remains forward-looking and relevant to the next generation of engineering challenges. Joining this course is an excellent opportunity to expand technical expertise, enhance career potential, and gain a deep, practical understanding of vibrations across multiple engineering domains.

Your instructor

MILIND AMBARDEKAR

Self employed

Consultant

34+ yrs experience·India

Is this course for you?

You should take this if

You work in Automotive or Aerospace
You're a Mechanical Engineering / Noise & Vibration Engineering professional
You have some foundational knowledge in the subject
You prefer self-paced learning you can revisit

You should skip if

You're looking for an introductory overview course
You need a different specialisation outside Mechanical Engineering
You need live interaction with an instructor

Course details

This course provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary introduction to Vibration Control in Machines and Vehicles covering the full spectrum from fundamental theory to advanced industrial applications. Participants will build a strong foundation in resonance, damping, vibration isolation, and dynamic behavior of mechanical systems.

The curriculum integrates theoretical analysis, Finite Element eigenvalue methods, structural modal testing, and multi-body dynamics (MBD) to equip learners with the skills to analyze and model real-world vibration phenomena. The course also explores essential diagnostic tools including FFT-based signal processing, order tracking, transfer path analysis (TPA), vibration dose values (VDV), rotor balancing techniques, and condition monitoring principles widely used in automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, and rotating machinery industries.

Beyond fundamentals, the course highlights practical engineering challenges such as machinery vibration root-cause investigations, vehicle BSR (Buzz, Squeak, Rattle), rough-road excitations, long-cycle fatigue, and driveline torsional vibrations.

Participants also gain insights into modern vibration control techniques such as hydro-mounts, pneumatic suspensions, active vibration control, and novel solutions including centrifugal pendulum absorbers. The program concludes with emerging and intellectually stimulating topics such as non-linear and chaotic vibrations, energy harvesting, and thermo-acoustic vibration phenomenon.

Course suitable for

Key topics covered

Fundamentals of Resonance, Damping, Isolation of Structures
CAE-Finite Elements Eigen Analysis , Structural Modal Testing, Multi-body dynamics analysis
Industry practices of Root cause analysis of Machinery and Vehicle Vibrations , Condition Monitoring,
Dynamic Signal Analysis: FFT, order tracking, VDV, Transfer Path analysis, Rotor balancing
Vibration Controls : Passive and Active methods Hydra-mounts, pneumatic suspension, Driveline torsional vibrations, Centrifugal Pendulum dynamic absorber
Vibrations on Rough roads, Long cycle fatigue damage, Vibration Dose values, Vehicle Buzz, Squeak, Rattle [BSR]
Minimizing vibrations in Internal Combustion Engines, Electric Vehicles, Gear-trains
Chaotic or Non-linear Vibrations :Jump phenomenon,
Energy Harvesting, Vibrations for Human Body Healing, Thermo-acoustic vibrations

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

15 lectures14 hr 9 min

Introduction
20 min
Fundamentals of Resonance, Damping, Isolation of Structures
38 min
Free un-damped vibrations of a structure
64 min
Impulsive Responses
58 min
Damping Estimates
69 min
Rigid and flexible rotors with imbalance
52 min
Frequency Scale
62 min
Structure borne sound power
64 min
Vibration transfer path
64 min
Eigen Analysis of free undamped system
64 min
Modal Analysis
61 min
Vibration of continuous system
55 min
Root Cause Analysis in Industrial Vibration
57 min
Piston Slap
59 min
Commercial Vehicles - Vertical Dynamics
62 min

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Questions and Answers

Q: You're on-site for a pump skid FAT and searching "hydro mount acceptance test vibration limits ISO 10816 field verification". Before releasing the skid, which verification sequence best protects against tolerance stack-up between mount height and base flatness?

A: That's the most common mistake — locking in preload before you know the geometry. If base flatness and mount free height aren't confirmed first, you can meet individual tolerances and still bias the system into a stiff corner, shifting the transmissibility peak right into running speed.

Q: While debugging a complaint and googling "calculate natural frequency from mount stiffness and mass vehicle powertrain", you have a 250 kg powertrain supported by four identical mounts, each 18 kN/mm vertical stiffness. What vertical natural frequency do you report?

A: That's the most common mistake — forgetting that parallel springs add while the rigid-body mass stays whole for the vertical mode. Split the mass and you underpredict frequency, then wonder why idle shake lines up with first order.

Q: A tractor cab shows increased seat rail vibration only on rough road, not on engine sweep. Searching "cab vibration rough road not engine order root cause", which failure mode fits all observations?

A: That's the most common mistake — chasing engine orders when the symptom only appears under broadband input. Road-induced energy needs damping; stiffness alone won't fix a peak that only shows up when the PSD is wide.

Q: You're reviewing a subcontractor report and searching "modal test acceptance criteria before production sign-off". The report shows clean mode shapes but omits one step. What should have been verified before accepting the modal test?

A: That's the most common mistake — pretty mode shapes hide bad physics if the sensors detune the structure. Miss that check and your FE correlation looks great for the wrong reasons.