ABSTRACT

This edition features a new chapter on computational methods that presents the basic principles on which most modern computer programs are developed. It introduces an example on rotor balancing and expands on the section on shock spectrum and isolation.

chapter |3 pages

The SI System of Units

chapter 1|12 pages

Oscillatory Motion

chapter 2|34 pages

Free Vibration

chapter 3|41 pages

Harmonically Excited Vibration

chapter 4|38 pages

Transient Vibration

chapter 6|36 pages

Properties of Vibrating Systems

chapter 7|27 pages

Lagrange’s Equation

chapter 8|34 pages

Computational Methods

chapter 9|33 pages

Vibration of Continuous Systems

chapter 10|44 pages

Introduction to the Finite Element Method

chapter 12|48 pages

Classical Methods

chapter 13|42 pages

Random Vibrations

chapter 14|27 pages

Nonlinear Vibrations