Mechanical Vibrations 4e

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Author: Singiresu S. Rao

ISBN-10: 0130489875

ISBN-13: 9780130489876

Category: Dynamics - General & Miscellaneous

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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

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of SymbolsCh. 1Fundamentals of Vibration1Ch. 2Free Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom Systems106Ch. 3Harmonically Excited Vibration219Ch. 4Vibration Under General Forcing Conditions302Ch. 5Two Degree of Freedom Systems381Ch. 6Multidegree of Freedom Systems448Ch. 7Determination of Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes542Ch. 8Continuous Systems588Ch. 9Vibration Control657Ch. 10Vibration Measurement and Applications741Ch. 11Numerical Integration Methods in Vibration Analysis808Ch. 12Finite Element Method856Ch. 13Nonlinear Vibration901Ch. 14Random Vibration973App. AMathematical Relationships1031App. BDeflection of Beams and Plates1034App. CMatrices1037App. DLaplace Transform Pairs1044App. EUnits1046App. FIntroduction to MATLAB1049Answers to Selected Problems1059Index1071