Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides a new viewpoint for the study of vibrations exhibited by mechanical and structural systems. Tight integration of mathematical software makes it possible to address real world complexity in a manner that is readily accessible to the reader.
Trade Review"This book provides an accessible, modern approach to vibrations" (La Doc STI, May 2001)
"innovative, well-written and well-produced" (The Aeronautical Journal, November 2001)
Table of ContentsEquations of Motion for Discrete Systems
Transient Response of One-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
Steady-State Response to Harmonic Excitation
Modal Analysis of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
Harmonic Exicatation of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
Vibration of Elastic Bars: The Ritz Method and the Rayleigh Ratio
Field Descriptions for Vibrating Bars
The Finite Element Method
Substructuring Concepts
Damped Modal Analysis
Modal Analysis of Gyroscopic Systems
Introduction to Rotordynamics
Calculus of Variations
