A simple introduction to Python for engineering students; introduces the use of Anaconda for problem-solving in engineering. This provides a compare-and-contrast to Matlab. This course is centered around a vibrating beam example designed to quickly get students plotting and analyzing data using NumPy, SciPy, and Matplotlib. This final product is a spectrogram of a vibrating beam that experiences a mass drop. Typically takes 2 hours to do in a classroom setting. Everything the typical user will need is in the directory "course_material".
Cantilever beam with a mass drop used to generate data for investigation and plotting.
Spectrogram of the recorded signal showing the shift in the first three frequencies before and after the mass drops.
A YouTube video of a lecture that covers this material can be found here.
Screenshot of the video lecture that accompanies this repository which can be found here.
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