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Mechanical Vibrations

by Singiresu S. Rao

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

For undergraduate courses in Vibration Engineering.Retaining the style of its previous editions, this text presents the theory, computational aspects, and applications of vibrations in as simple a manner as possible. With an emphasis on computer techniques of analysis, it gives expanded explanations of the fundamentals, focusing on physical significance and interpretation that build upon students' previous experience. Each self-contained topic fully explains all concepts and presents the derivations with complete details. Numerous examples and problems illustrate principles and concepts.

Book News Annotation:

Serving as an introduction to vibration engineering, this undergraduate textbook covers the theory, computational aspects, and applications of vibrations. Chapters discuss various degrees of freedom, harmonically excited vibration, general forcing conditions, the determination of natural frequencies, continuous systems, vibration control, vibration measurement and applications, numerical integration methods, finite element methods, nonlinear vibration, and random vibration. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

With an emphasis on computer techniques of analysis, this book presents the theory, computational aspects, and applications of vibrations in as simple a manner as possible. This text gives expanded explanations of the fundamentals of vibration including history of vibration, degree of freedom systems, vibration control, vibration measurement, and more. For engineers and other professionals who want a clear introduction to vibration engineering.

Table of Contents

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Examples Using MATLAB, C++ Program, Fortran Program, References, Review Questions, Problems, and Design Projects.)

 1. Fundamentals of Vibration.

 2. Free Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom Systems.

 3. Harmonically Excited Vibration.

 4. Vibration Under General Forcing Conditions.

 5. Two Degree of Freedom Systems.

 6. Multidegree of Freedom Systems.

 7. Determination of Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes.

 8. Continuous Systems.

 9. Vibration Control.

10. Vibration Measurement and Applications.

11. Numerical Integration Methods in Vibration Analysis.

12. Finite Element Method.

13. Nonlinear Vibration.

14. Random Vibration.

Appendix A: Mathematical Relationships.

Appendix B: Deflection of Beams and Plates.

Appendix C: Matrices.

Appendix D: Laplace Transform Pairs.

Appendix E: Units.

Appendix F: Introduction to MATLAB.

References.

Answers to Selected Problems.

Index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780130489876
Author:
Rao, Singiresu S.
Publisher:
Prentice Hall
Author:
Rao, S. S.
Location:
Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Subject:
Engineering - General
Subject:
Engineering - Mechanical
Subject:
Vibration
Subject:
Mechanics - Dynamics - General
Subject:
Mechanical
Copyright:
Edition Number:
4
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
576
Publication Date:
March 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
1078
Dimensions:
9.70x7.68x1.50 in. 4.15 lbs.

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