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Mechanical Vibration: Analysis, Uncertainty, and Control presents the fundamental principles of mechanical vibration, including the theory of vibration and examples of the applications of these principles to practical engineering problems.
Mechanical Vibration contains numerous new example problems with solutions to enable students to master the science of mechanical vibration.
List of contents
1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
2. SINGLE DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM UNDAMPED VIBRATION
3. SINGLE DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM DAMPED VIBRATION
4. SINGLE DOF VIBRATION: GENERAL LOADING AND ADVANCED TOPICS
5. VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND ANALYTICAL DYNAMICS
6. MULTI DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM VIBRATION
7. CONTINUOUS MODELS FOR VIBRATION
8. CONTINUOUS MODELS FOR VIBRATION: ADVANCED MODELS
9. RANDOM VIBRATION: PROBABILISTIC FORCES
10. VIBRATION CONTROL
11. NONLINEAR VIBRATION
A: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS FOR VIBRATION
B: VISCOELASTIC DAMPING
C: SOLVING VIBRATION PROBLEMS WITH MATLAB
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About the author
HAYM BENAROYA attended the Cooper Union and attended the University of Pennsylvania, earning his Ph.D. in Civil and Structural Engineering. He is a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University. His areas of research interest generally include mechanical vibration, variational and nonlinear dynamics, and structural concepts, usually in challenging environments. Example applications include ocean structures, aviation structures, as well as structures for lunar surface habitation. His modeling approaches include reduced order and probabilistic frameworks.
MARK NAGURKA attended the University of Pennsylvania before earning his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. His expertise is in the dynamics, control, and design of mechanical and electromechanical systems. He was a mechanical engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon and at Marquette University, where he is professor emeritus. He is an engineering consultant and works with engineering educators fostering an entrepreneurial mindset.
SEON HAN attended the Cooper Union and attended Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, earning her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. She was a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where she analyzed dynamics of ocean mooring systems. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. She is focused on undergraduate teaching in the areas of dynamics, vibrations, and control of mechanical systems.
Summary
Mechanical Vibration: Analysis, Uncertainty, and Control presents the fundamental principles of mechanical vibration, including the theory of vibration and examples of the applications of these principles to practical engineering problems. Mechanical Vibration contains numerous new example problems with solutions to enable students to master the science of mechanical vibration.
