Vibration of Discrete and Continuous Systems / Edition 2

by Ahmed Shabana

Overview

Mechanical engineering, an engineering discipline borne of the needs of the industrial revolution, is once again asked to do its substantial share in the call for industrial renewal. The general call is urgent as we face profound issues of productivity and competitiveness that require engineering solutions, among others. The Mechanical Engineering Series features graduate texts and research monographs intended to address the need for information in contemporary areas of mechanical engineering. The series is conceived as a comprehensive one that covers a broad range of concentrations important to mechanical engineering graduate education and research. We are fortunate to have a distinguished roster of consulting editors on the advisory board, each an expert in one of the areas of concen­ tration. The names of the consulting editors are listed on the next page of this volume. The areas of concentration are: applied mechanics; bio­ mechanics; computational mechanics; dynamic systems and control; energetics; mechanics of materials; processing; thermal science; and tribology. Professor Marshek, the consulting editor for dynamic systems and control, and I are pleased to present the second edition of Vibration of Discrete and Continuous Systems by Professor Shabana. We note that this is the second of two volumes. The first deals with the theory of vibration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387947440
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	12/13/1996
Series:	Mechanical Engineering Series
Edition description:	2nd ed. 1997
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Ahmed Shabana, is UIC Distinguished Professor and Richard and Loan Hill Professor of Engineering at the Univ of Illinois Chicago.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Lagrangian Dynamics.- Chapter 3. Multi-Degree of Freedom Systems.- Chapter 4. Vibration of Continuous Systems.- Chapter 5. The Finite-Element Method.- Chapter 6. Methods for the Eigenvalue Analysis.