Theory of Vibrations with Applications

Junior or Senior level Vibration courses in Departments of Mechanical Engineering. A thorough treatment of vibration theory and its engineering applications, from simple degree to multi degree-of-freedom system.

• The SI System of Units.
• 1. Oscillatory Motion.
• 2. Free Vibration.
• 3. Harmonically Excited Vibration.
• 4. Transient Vibration.
• 5. Systems with Two or More Degrees of Freedom.
• 6. Properties of Vibrating Systems.
• 7. Lagrange's Equation.
• 8. Computational Methods.
• 9.Vibration of Continuous Systems.
• 10. Introduction to the Finite Element Method.
• 11. Mode-Summation Procedures for Continuous Systems.
• 12. Classical Methods.
• 13. Random Vibrations.
• 14. Nonlinear Vibrations.
• Appendices.
• Answers to Selected Problems.
• Index.