Structural Dynamics and Vibration in Practice by Douglas Thorby Download PDF free

This book is primarily intended as an introductory text for newly qualified graduates, and experienced engineers from other disciplines, entering the field of structural dynamics and vibration, in industry. It should also be found useful by test engineers and technicians working in this area, and by those studying the subject in universities, although it is not designed to meet the requirements of any particular course of study.

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No previous knowledge of structural dynamics is assumed, but the reader should be familiar with the elements of mechanical or structural engineering, and a basic knowledge of mathematics is also required. This should include calculus, complex numbers and matrices. Topics such as the solution of linear second-order differential equations, and eigenvalues and eigenvectors , are explained in the text.

Each concept is explained in the simplest possible way, and the aim has been to give the reader a basic understanding of each topic, so that more specialize d texts can be tackled with confidence

Title of the Book

Structural Dynamics and vibration in Practice
An Engineering Handbook

Author of the Book

Douglas Thorby

Contents

Basic Concepts
The Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Classic Methods
The linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Response in the time Domain
The Linear Single Degree of Freedom system: Response In the Frequency Domain
Damping
Introduction to Multi-degree-of-freedom systems
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Vibration of Structure
Fourier Transformation and Related topics
Random vibration
Vibration Reduction
Introduction to Self-Excited Systems
Vibration Testing

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