Stiffness and Damping in Mechanical Design

by Eugene Rivin

Overview

Offers designers and users of mechanical systems an overview of structural stiffness and damping and their critical roles in mechanical design. The text assesses the relationship between stiffness and damping parameters in mechanical systems and structural materials. An accompanying disk contains detailed analyses of stiffness- and damping-critical systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135548810
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/06/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	528
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

Eugene I. Rivin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. The author or coauthor of numerous journal articles, patents and books, he is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and a member of the International Institution for Production Engineering Research [CIRP] and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering. Dr. Rivin received the Machine Tool Design Engineer degree (1954) and the Candidate of Sciences (Technology) degree (1962) from the Moscow Machine Tool Institute, Russia, and the Doctor of Sciences (Technology) degree (1972) from the U.S.S.R. State Supreme Attestation Board, Moscow. Dr. Rivin has extensive industrial experience both in the former Soviet Union and in the U.S.A. (Ford Motor Co.).

Table of Contents

Introduction and definitions; stiffness of structural components - modes of loading; nonlinear and variable stiffness systems - preloading; contact (joint) stiffness and damping; supporting systems and foundations; stiffness of power transmission systems and drives; design techniques for reducing structural deformations and damping enhancement; use of managed stiffness in design. Appendices: single-degree-of-freedom dynamic systems with damping; static stiffness breakdown for cylindrical (OD) grinders; influence of axial force on beam vibrations; articles of interest.

Editorial Reviews

...a very detailed and comprehensive discussion of stiffness and damping in structures and structural elements....a great addition to the reference library of any practicing structural or design engineer.

AIAA Journal

Stiffness and Damping in Mechanical Design is well written and would make an excellent reference book and a textbook for review and continuing education courses on the subject.

Applied Mechanics Review

Offers designers and users of mechanical systems an overview of structural stiffness and damping and their critical roles in mechanical design. Focuses on damping properties of contacts (joints) and power transmission systems, and the interrelationship between stiffness and damping parameters in mechanical systems and structural materials. Several typical cases in which stiffness is closely associated with damping are addressed, and basic conceptual issues related to stiffness and damping are accentuated. A more detailed analytical treatment is given in cases where the results were not previously published or were only published in hard-to-obtain sources. Many of these concepts are illustrated by practical results and applications. Can be used as a reference for engineers, and as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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