Vibrations

Vibrations

by Balakumar Balachandran (Author), Balakumar Balachandran (Author), Edward B. Magrab (Author)

Synopsis

This new edition explains how vibrations can be used in a broad spectrum of applications and how to meet the challenges faced by engineers and system designers. The text integrates linear and nonlinear systems and covers the time domain and the frequency domain, responses to harmonic and transient excitations, and discrete and continuous system models. It focuses on modeling, analysis, prediction, and measurement to provide a complete understanding of the underlying physical vibratory phenomena and their relevance for engineering design. Knowledge is put into practice through numerous examples with real-world applications in a range of disciplines, detailed design guidelines applicable to various vibratory systems, and over forty online interactive graphics provide a visual summary of system behaviors and enable students to carry out their own parametric studies. Some thirteen new tables act as a quick reference for self-study, detailing key characteristics of physical systems and summarizing important results. This is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate courses in vibration analysis, and a valuable reference for practicing engineers.

$138.34

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20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 750
Edition: 3
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 30 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 1108427316
ISBN 13: 9781108427319

Media Reviews
Advance praise: 'Vibrations is a brilliant and polished presentation of vibration understanding and analyses for a very broad spectrum of dynamical engineering system applications and readers. If I could own only one book on vibration, this would be my choice.' C. Dan Mote, Jr, National Academy of Engineering
Advance praise: 'A comprehensive treatment of engineering vibrations, written by eminent researchers in the field, notable for its treatment of both linear and nonlinear vibrations using techniques from the frequency and time domains.' Michael J. Leamy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Advance praise: 'The authors' research, augmented by their considerable experience as leading scientists in mechanical vibrations, offers a unique and crucial perspective for future mechanical and structural engineers. This book's elegant style and nice illustrations will prove extremely beneficial to such engineers, helping solve a great variety of vibration problems coming from new industrial products.' Haiyan Hu, Beijing Institute of Technology
Advance praise: 'This is a very well-written book with clear explanations and good examples for the readers to connect theory with practice. Integrating principles of linear and nonlinear vibrations throughout the book in a balanced manner is a great idea.' Kon-Well Wang, University of Michigan
Author Bio
Balakumar Balachandran is a Minta Martin Professor of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has authored and co-authored many books, chapters, and journal articles related to the dynamics of vibrations, and he has several patents to his credit. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Edward B. Magrab is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has extensive experience in analytical and experimental analysis of vibrations and acoustics, serving as an engineering consultant to over twenty companies and authoring or co-authoring a number of books on vibrations, noise control, instrumentation, integrated product design, MATLAB, and Mathematica. He is a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.