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Mechanical and Structural Vibrations: Theory and

Applications
Jerry H. Ginsberg

Paperback 978-0-471-37084-0 January 2001 Print-on- $246.95

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DESCRIPTION

This text offers a modern approach to vibrations. Equal emphasis is given to analytical derivations, computational procedures, problem

solving, and physical interpretation of results. Appropriate for undergraduate or first year graduate level courses.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jerry H. Ginsberg is the author of Mechanical and Structural Vibrations: Theory and Applications, published by Wiley.

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 FEATURES

• New formulation based on the principle of power balance as the basic method for deriving equations of motion for one- and multi-

degree-of-freedom models. This approach allows for direct application of Lagrange's equations as an alternative.

• Equal emphasis on Matlab and Mathcad, including identification of errors commonly made by students when each program is

used for vibration analysis.

• Thorough treatment of FFT technology, and its application to vibrations.

• Analysis of transient response using frequency domain convolution, including avoidance of aliasing, wraparound, and leakage

errors.

• Experimental identification of system parameters for one-degree-of-freedom systems.

• Experimental model analysis for multi-degree-of-freedom systems.

• Extensive discussions of physical significance of results.

• Uses recent research in many examples, such as mode localization in bladed disks and beams, and dynamic stability of pipes.

• Study of continuum vibrations does not require knowledge of partial differential equations.

• The primary tool for continuum vibrations is Ritz series expansions, which is applied to axial, torsional, and flexural vibration of

bars having masses, springs, and dashpots at arbitrary locations.

• New formulation of modal analysis for arbitrarily damped, but non-gyroscopic, systems leads to symmetric state-space

eigenvalue problem.

• The approach builds on familiarity with undamped modal analysis, and is highly accessible.

• Underdamped and overdamped modes are explained relative to analogous behavior of one-degree-of-freedom systems.

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