Structural dynamics and vibration in practice : an engineering handbook /

Thorby, Douglas,

Structural dynamics and vibration in practice : an engineering handbook / Douglas Thorby. - First edition. - xv, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic Concepts -- The Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Classical Methods -- The Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Response in the Time Domain -- The Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Response in the Frequency Domain -- Damping -- Introduction to Multi-degree-of-freedom Systems -- Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors -- Vibration of Structures -- Fourier Transformation and Related Topics -- Random Vibration -- Vibration Reduction -- Introduction to Self-Excited Systems -- Vibration testing -- A Short Table of Laplace Transforms -- Calculation of Flexibility Influence Coefficients -- Acoustic Spectra. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.

"This straightforward text, primer and reference introduces the theoretical, testing and control aspects of structural dynamics and vibration, as practiced in industry today. Written by a leading industry expert with over 40 years of experience, the book comprehensively opens up the dynamic behavior of structures and provides engineers and students with a thorough practice-based understanding of the most important aspects of this key engineering topic."--BOOK JACKET.

0750680024 9780750680028


Structural dynamics
Vibration.

TA654 / .T56 2008

624.176

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