Data Analysis of Dynamic Systems and Vibrations

Overview

In this course laboratory, I study how real second-order systems behave, and how well the textbook models predict them.

Method

• Each week I collect data on an instrumented spring-mounted cart, varying its mass and stiffness.
• I simulate the governing equations of motion in MATLAB and compare the predicted response with the response measured in the lab.

What I learned

Comparing measured responses against model predictions built my physical intuition for how second-order ODE systems behave.

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