2nd Edition

Vibration Fundamentals and Practice, Second Edition

By Clarence W. de Silva Copyright 2006
    1070 Pages 500 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Maintaining the outstanding features and practical approach that led the bestselling first edition to become a standard textbook in engineering classrooms worldwide, Clarence de Silva's Vibration: Fundamentals and Practice, Second Edition remains a solid instructional tool for modeling, analyzing, simulating, measuring, monitoring, testing, controlling, and designing for vibration in engineering systems. It condenses the author's distinguished and extensive experience into an easy-to-use, highly practical text that prepares students for real problems in a variety of engineering fields.

    What's New in the Second Edition?

  • A new chapter on human response to vibration, with practical considerations
  • Expanded and updated material on vibration monitoring and diagnosis
  • Enhanced section on vibration control, updated with the latest techniques and methodologies
  • New worked examples and end-of-chapter problems.
  • Incorporates software tools, including LabVIEW™, SIMULINK®, MATLAB®, the LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Toolbox, and the MATLAB Control Systems Toolbox
  • Enhanced worked examples and new solutions using MATLAB and SIMULINK

    The new chapter on human response to vibration examines representation of vibration detection and perception by humans as well as specifications and regulatory guidelines for human vibration environments.

    Remaining an indispensable text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, Vibration: Fundamentals and Practice, Second Edition builds a unique and in-depth understanding of vibration on a sound framework of practical tools and applications.
  • VIBRATION ENGINEERING
    Introduction
    Study of Vibration
    Application Areas
    History of Vibration
    Organization of the Book
    Problems
    TIME RESPONSE
    Introduction
    Undamped Oscillator
    Heavy Springs
    Oscillations in Fluid Systems
    Damped Simple Oscillator
    Forced Response
    Problems
    FREQUENCY RESPONSE
    Introduction
    Response to Harmonic Excitations
    Transform Techniques
    Mechanical Impedance Approach
    Transmissibility Functions
    Receptance Method
    Problems
    VIBRATION SIGNAL ANALYSIS
    Introduction
    Frequency Spectrum
    Signal Types
    Fourier Analysis
    Random Vibration Analysis
    Other Topics of Signal Analysis
    Order Analysis
    Machine Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis
    Problems
    MODAL ANALYSIS
    Introduction
    Degrees of Freedom and Independent Coordinates
    System Representation
    Modal Vibrations
    Orthogonality of Natural Modes
    Static Modes and Rigid Body Modes
    Other Modal Formulations
    Forced Vibration
    Damped Systems
    State-Space Approach
    Problems
    DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER SYSTEMS
    Introduction
    Transverse Vibration of Cables
    Longitudinal Vibrations of Rods
    Torsional Vibration of Shafts
    Flexural Vibration of Beams
    Damped Continuous Systems
    Vibration of Membranes and Plates
    Problems
    VIBRATION DAMPING
    Introduction
    Types of Damping
    Representation of Damping in Vibration Analysis
    Measurement of Damping
    Interface Damping
    Problems
    VIBRATION INSTRUMENTATION
    Introduction
    Vibration Exciters
    Control System
    Performance Specification
    Motion Sensors and Transducers
    Torque, Force, and Other Sensors
    Problems
    SIGNAL CONDITIONING AND MODIFICATION
    Introduction
    Amplifiers
    Analog Filters
    Modulators and Demodulators
    Analog-Digital Conversion
    Bridge Circuits
    Linearizing Devices
    Miscellaneous Signal Modification Circuitry
    Signal Analyzers and Display Devices
    Problems
    VIBRATION TESTING AND HUMAN RESPONSE
    Introduction
    Representation of a Vibration Environment
    Pre-Test Procedures
    Testing Procedures
    Some Practical Information
    Vibration Excitations on Humans
    Human Response to Vibration
    Regulation of Human Vibration
    Problems
    EXPERIMENTAL MODAL ANALYSIS
    Introduction
    Frequency Domain Formulation
    Experimental Model Development
    Curve Fitting of Transfer Functions
    Laboratory Experiments
    Commercial EMA Systems
    Problems
    VIBRATION DESIGN AND CONTROL
    Introduction
    Specification of Vibration Limits
    Vibration Isolation
    Balancing of Rotating Machinery
    Balancing of Reciprocating Machines
    Whirling of Shafts
    Design through Modal Testing
    Passive Control of Vibration
    Active Control of Vibration
    Control of Beam Vibrations
    Problems
    APPENDIX A: DYNAMIC MODELS AND ANALOGIES
    Model Development
    Analogies
    Mechanical Elements
    Electrical Elements
    Thermal Elements
    Fluid Elements
    State-Space Models
    Response Analysis and Simulation
    APPENDIX B: NEWTONIAN AND LAGRANGIAN MECHANICS
    Vector Kinematics
    Newtonian (Vector) Mechanics
    Lagrangian Mechanics
    APPENDIX C: REVIEW OF LINEAR ALGEBRA
    Vectors and Matrices
    Vector-Matrix Algebra
    Matrix Inverse
    Vector Spaces
    Determinants
    System of Linear Equations
    Quadratic Forms
    Matrix Eigenvalue Problem
    Matrix Transformations
    Matrix Exponential
    APPENDIX D: LAPLACE TRANSFORM
    Introduction
    Laplace Transform
    Response Analysis
    Transfer Function
    APPENDIX E: DIGITAL FOURIER ANALYSIS AND FFT
    Unification of the Three Fourier Transform Types
    Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
    Discrete Correlation and Convolution
    Digital Fourier Analysis Procedures
    APPENDIX F: SOFTWARE TOOLS
    SIMULINK
    MATLAB
    Control Systems Toolbox
    LabVIEW
    APPENDIX G: RELIABILITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR MULTI-COMPONENT UNITS
    Failure Analysis
    Bayes' Theorem
    INDEX

    Biography

    Clarence W. de Silva