Instructor Led Modal Training Classes

Fixture Design for Vibration and Shock Testing The ability to withstand vibration and shock environments increases product reliability. The first part of this short course presents basic structural dynamic theory and applies it to the design of products. The design of fixtures for vibration and shock testing is then treated as a special application of the same principles.  more...

Mechanical Design for Product Reliability The ability to withstand vibration and shock environments increases product reliability. This short course presents basic structural dynamic theory and then applies it to the design of products.  more...

Mechanical Shock Techniques The effects of mechanical shock are important in many engineering applications. Shock is often part of the service and/or transportation environment. This course teaches general dynamic principles and builds on them to a greater understanding of shock effects, shock measurement, shock testing and design to withstand shock.  more...

Fundamentals of Vibration for Test Applications This short course covers a wide range of topics associated with vibration and shock applications. The theory of dynamics is covered, including displacement, velocity and acceleration. Various types of vibration exciters (shakers) are discussed. Random vibration theory, test fixtures and vibration measurement are discussed, also vibration testing and mechanical shock.  more...

Mechanical Shock and Modal Test Techniques The course reviews structural and dynamic theory before examining methods of measuring frequency response from a structure under test. Causes and effects of shock are reviewed in detail. Experimental modal testing and input excitation methods are discussed, such as shaker and impact hammer. Transducers and signal processing equipment and analysis methods are reviewed. The Shock Response Spectrum  more...

Vibration and Shock Test Control Techniques This short course is an overview of vibration-testing technology, from basic principles of vibration hardware, control systems, to analysis techniques used for random, sine, and shock testing. The course also teaches participants to specify, evaluate and use digital data acquisition systems in laboratory and field applications.  more...

Modal Analysis for Structural Validation This short course teaches an experimental approach to understanding and determining the magnitude of vibration and modal characteristics of a structural system in its operating conditions. In the experimental method, the structure is excited by applying forced vibration and measuring the responses, from which the vibration modes are determined and a structural model developed.  more...

COSMOSWorks Advanced Professional ...Analysis Advanced Dynamics (1 day) Analyses Covered - Modal Time History Analysis - Random Vibration - Response Spectra Analysis - Steady-State Harmonic Analysis - Response Spectra Generation Mass, Damping and Friction Models - Mass: Lumped Consistent Mass Matrices - Damping: Rayleigh Damping, Modal Damping, Concentrated Dampers, Composite Damping - Node-to-Node  more...

CosmosWorks Basic This course addresses the needs of SolidWorks users who wish to use the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) package COSMOSWorks concurrently with CAD to support the product design process and replace physical prototyping with FEA simulation. It combines an overview of FEA theory with hands-on examples illustrating both the FEA theory and software specific functions of COSMOS/Works. The course covers  more...