These talks will be self-contained presentations of mathematical concepts
and theorems. They are intended to be accessible to all mathematics students.
Tuesday 7th October, 2003
1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre S14
Eigenvalues, vibration, fluttering, buffeting, resonance, etc.
Dr Eric Chu
School of Mathematical Sciences
Monash University
Vibration analysis in engineering involves eigenvalue problems of various systems, which are described as first order, second order, polynomial, descriptor, etc. We shall conduct a quick tour of vibration analysis of these systems.