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Principles of Vibration

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ISBN-10: 0195142462

ISBN-13: 9780195142464

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Benson H. Tongue

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Principles of Vibration covers the standard principles of vibration for mechanical and civil engineering. This second edition includes more exercises and examples plus a unique chapter on real-life approaches to vibration problems.
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Book details

List price: $249.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/20/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 9.41" wide x 7.72" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English

Free Vibration of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
Introduction
Translational Vibrations--Undamped
Rotational Vibrations and Linearization
Viscous Damping
Lagrange's Equations
Homework Problems
Forced Vibration of Single-Degree-of-Freedom System
Introduction
Seismic Excitation--Step Input
Direct Force Excitation
Transfer Functions
Viscous Damping
Complex Representations
Damped Seismic Motion
Rotating Imbalance
Identification of Damping and Natural Frequency
Other Types of Damping
Accelerometers and Seismometers
Homework Problems
Nonsinusoidal Excitations
Introduction
Fourier Series Analysis
Forced Response via the Convolution Integral
Shock Response
Homework Problems
Vibrations Involving More Than One Degree of Freedom
Introduction
Free Response--Undamped System
Forced Response
Vibration Absorbers without Damping
Real Behavior of a Vibration Absorber
Zeros in a Forced Response
Putting Problems into Normal Form
Orthogonality of System Eigenvectors
More on Normal Forms
Linear Damping
Comparison of Damped Eigensolutions
Forced Response of Damped Systems
Symmetry of Mass and Stiffness Matrices
Repeated Frequencies and Zero Frequencies
Influence Coefficients
Homework Problems
Distributed Systems
Introduction
Free Vibration of a Bar (Rod, String, etc.)
Free Vibration of a Beam
Continuous Systems--Forced Vibration
Orthogonality of Eigenfunctions
Homework Problems
Approximate Solutions Methods
Introduction
Lumped Approximations
Rayleigh's Quotient
Rayleigh-Ritz Method: Discrete Systems
Rayleigh-Ritz Method: Continuous Problems
Assumed Modes Method
Homework Problems
Seat-of-the-Pants Engineering
Introduction
Getting Approximate Results
Limiting Cases
Verifying Your Analysis
Homework Problems
Experimental Methods and Real World Behavior
Introduction
Signal Descriptions
Fourier Transform Analysis
Spectral Analyses
Noise
Sensors and Actuators
Nonlinear Effects
Homework Problems
Four Continuous Systems
Lumped Spring Constants
Assorted Material Constants
Elementary Matrix Relations
References
Selected Readings
Answers to Selected Problems
Index