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CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Handbook 1.1

Cyril M. Harris, Charles Batchelor Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Columbia

University, New York, NY 10027.

Chapter 2. Basic Vibration Theory 2.1

Ralph E. Blake, formerly Consultant, Technical Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA.

Chapter 3. Vibration of a Resiliently Supported Rigid Body 3.1

Harry Himelblau, Consultant, The Boeing Company, Space and Communications Division,
Canoga Park, CA 91309-7922.
AND
Sheldon Rubin, Consultant, Rubin Engineering Company, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-4708.

Chapter 4. Nonlinear Vibration 4.1

Fredric Ehrich, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.

AND
H. Norman Abramson, Retired Executive Vice President, Southwest Research Institute,
San Jose, TX 78228.

Chapter 5. Self-Excited Vibration 5.1

Fredric Ehrich, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Chapter 6. Dynamic Vibration Absorbers and Auxiliary Mass Dampers 6.1

F. Everett Reed, formerly President, Littleton Research and Engineering Corporation,

Littleton, MA 01460.

Chapter 7. Vibration of Systems Having Distributed Mass and Elasticity 7.1

William F. Stokey, Late Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236.

Chapter 8. Transient Response to Step and Pulse Functions 8.1

Robert S. Ayre, Late Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder,

CO 80309.

Chapter 9. Effect of Impact on Structures 9.1

William H. Hoppman II, Late Professor of Engineering, University of South Carolina,

Columbia, SC 29208.