Solutions Manual - Mechanical Vibrations

✍ Scribed by S. S. Rao

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 865
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With an emphasis on computer techniques of analysis, this book presents the theory, computational aspects, and applications of vibrations in as simple a manner as possible.

This text gives expanded explanations of the fundamentals of vibration including history of vibration, degree of freedom systems, vibration control, vibration measurement, and more.

For engineers and other professionals who want a clear introduction to vibration engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

1. Fundamentals of Vibration.

2. Free Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom Systems.

3. Harmonically Excited Vibration.

4. Vibration Under General Forcing Conditions.

5. Two Degree of Freedom Systems.

6. Multidegree of Freedom Systems.

7. Determination of Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes.

8. Continuous Systems.

9. Vibration Control.

10. Vibration Measurement and Applications.

11. Numerical Integration Methods in Vibration Analysis.

12. Finite Element Method.

13. Nonlinear Vibration.

14. Random Vibration.

Appendix A: Mathematical Relationships.

Appendix B: Deflection of Beams and Plates.

Appendix C: Matrices.

Appendix D: Laplace Transform Pairs.

Appendix E: Units.

Appendix F: Introduction to MATLAB.

References.

Answers to Selected Problems.

Index.