Vibrations

Provides an introduction to the modeling, analysis, design, measurement and real-world applications of vibrations, with online interactive graphics.

Balakumar Balachandran (Author), Edward B. Magrab (Author)

9781108427319, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 November 2018

750 pages, 240 b/w illus. 31 tables 218 exercises
25.3 x 19.2 x 3.7 cm, 1.74 kg

'This is a very well-written book with clear explanations and good examples for the readers to connect theory with practice. Integrating principles of linear and nonlinear vibrations throughout the book in a balanced manner is a great idea.' Kon-Well Wang, University of Michigan

This new edition explains how vibrations can be used in a broad spectrum of applications and how to meet the challenges faced by engineers and system designers. The text integrates linear and nonlinear systems, and covers the time domain and the frequency domain, responses to harmonic and transient excitations, and discrete and continuous system models. It focuses on modeling, analysis, prediction, and measurement to provide a complete understanding of the underlying physical vibratory phenomena and their relevance for engineering design. Knowledge is put into practice through numerous examples with real-world applications in a range of disciplines, detailed design guidelines applicable to various vibratory systems, and over forty online interactive graphics which provide a visual summary of system behaviors and enable students to carry out their own parametric studies. Some thirteen new tables act as a quick reference for self-study, detailing key characteristics of physical systems and summarizing important results. This is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate courses in vibration analysis, and a valuable reference for practicing engineers.

1. Introduction
2. Modeling of vibratory systems
3. Single degree-of-freedom systems: governing equations
4. Single degree-of-freedom system: free-response characteristics
5. Single degree-of-freedom systems subjected to periodic excitations
6. Single degree-of-freedom systems subjected to transient excitations
7. Multiple degree-of-freedom systems: governing equations, natural frequencies, and mode shapes
8. Multiple degree-of-freedom systems: general solution for response and forced oscillations
9. Vibrations of beams.

Subject Areas: Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP], Mechanics of solids [TGMD], Materials science [TGM], Fluid mechanics [PHDF], Nonlinear science [PBWR]