TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thorby,Douglas
TI  - Structural dynamics and vibration in practice: an engineering handbook 
SN  - 0750680024
AV  - TA654 .T56 2008
U1  - 624.176 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston, London
PB  - Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
KW  - Structural dynamics
KW  - Vibration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1; Basic Concepts --; Ch. 2; The Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Classical Methods --; Ch. 3; The Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Response in the Time Domain --; Ch. 4; The Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Response in the Frequency Domain --; Ch. 5; Damping --; Ch. 6; Introduction to Multi-degree-of-freedom Systems --; Ch. 7; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors --; Ch. 8; Vibration of Structures --; Ch. 9; Fourier Transformation and Related Topics --; Ch. 10; Random Vibration --; Ch. 11; Vibration Reduction --; Ch. 12; Introduction to Self-Excited Systems --; Ch. 13; Vibration testing --; Appendix A; A Short Table of Laplace Transforms --; Appendix B; Calculation of Flexibility Influence Coefficients --; Appendix C; Acoustic Spectra
N2  - "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
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