Introduction to Vibrations
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Why Vibrations?
Real world examples
• Tacoma-Narrows Bridge
• Others
Applicability to daily engineering problems
• Mechanical
• Civil: seismic, plumbing
• Electrical
Forms of Vibration
Synchronous
Non-synchronous
Linear vs. nonlinear
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Methods for finding roots of simultaneous equations
Methods for determining eigenvectors (modeshapes)
Constitutive Equation of Motion
Simple mass/spring
Understanding consolidation and settlement
Effects of load types and soil types
Calculating loads and determining bearing capacity
Analysis Methods
Analysis methods
• Normal modes • Forced response
• FEA • Handbook solutions
Test Methods
Normal modes
• Ping hammer
Forced response
• Shake table • Piezoelectric crystal
• Other methods
Instrumentation
Significance of the fast fourier transform
Significance of boundary conditions
Designing for Vibration
he Goodman Diagram
Resonance avoidance
• Campbell Diagram
• Rotordynamics critical speeds
Damping
• What is it and what is it not?
• Friction • Viscous fluid
Failure Analysis/Forensic Investigation
Vibration as a contributor to fatigue failures
Failure analysis in the lab
• Beech marks
Striation counting
LCF vs HCF
Credits
This seminar offers 6.5 CPD
Hours/PDHs to professional
engineers.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 CPD hours/PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Brian Davis
Mr. Davis has over 27 years of cross-functional experience in aircraft propulsion systems/engines, failure analysis, manufacturing processes, fatigue and fracture mechanics, composite materials, and stress analysis. He has 23 years of experience in OEM gas turbine design and propulsion systems, as well as four years of experience in OEM medical device design with a specialization in ultrasonics. Mr. Davis holds a number of different patents and has experience with FAA certification and FDA 510(k) approval. He qualified as a US Naval Engineering duty officer (reserve) with rank of lieutenant. Mr. Davis received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida and his MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He is a licensed professional engineer in Ohio and Florida.