Jerry H. Ginsberg

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.

* Equations of Motion for Discrete Systems
* Transient Response of One-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
* Steady-State Response to Harmonic Excitation
* Modal Analysis of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
* Harmonic Exicatation of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
* Vibration of Elastic Bars: The Ritz Method and the Rayleigh Ratio
* Field Descriptions for Vibrating Bars
* The Finite Element Method
* Substructuring Concepts
* Damped Modal Analysis
* Modal Analysis of Gyroscopic Systems
* Introduction to Rotordynamics
* Calculus of Variations