Content:
About the authors, Page x
Preface, Page xi
Notation and nomenclature, Page xii
1 - Why understand spectral analysis?, Pages 1-7
2 - Relationships between variables, Pages 8-38
3 - Time varying signals, Pages 39-90
4 - Describing signals in terms of frequency, Pages 91-108
5 - Frequency representation of random signals, Pages 109-142
6 - Identifying system relationships from measurements, Pages 143-160
7 - Some typical applications, Pages 161-183
8 - Wave directionality monitoring, Pages 184-207
9 - Motions of moored structures in a seaway, Pages 208-232
10 - Experimental measurement and time series acquisition, Pages 233-252
11 - Experimental evaluation of wide band active vibration controllers, Pages 253-260
12 - Hull roughness and ship resistance, Pages 261-273
Appendix I - Mathematics revision, Pages 274-282
Appendix II - Inflows to the Font reservoir, Pages 283-284
Appendix III - Chi-square and F-distributions, Pages 285-288
Appendix IV - The sampling theorem, Pages 289-290
Appendix V - Wave tank data, Page 291
Appendix VI - Sampling distribution of spectral estimators, Pages 292-293
References, Pages 294-298
Further reading, Pages 299-301
Index, Pages 303-307