An Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations [Paperback]

Robert F. Steidel Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 17, 1989 | ISBN-10: 0471845450 | ISBN-13: 978-0471845454 | Edition: 3rd

This Third Edition of the well-received engineering text retains the clarity of exposition that made the previous editions so popular, and contains the most widely-used problem sets in the business. Approach to vibration analysis is clear, concise, and simple, backed up by a wealth of problems and examples. Multi-degree-of-freedom problems are well-prefaced with two-degree-of-freedom cases. There is a special treatment of damping, including non-viscous problems (standard texts make much use of viscous damping, but most practical examples are not viscous). Now includes an excellent development of Rayleigh's principle and an introduction to finite element vibration analysis. Contains 100 new problems.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 3rd edition (January 17, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471845450
• ISBN-13: 978-0471845454
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,581,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good presentation on a hard topic, but outdated, November 12, 2000

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Luis Carlos Alvarez (Santo Domingo, D.R.) - See all my reviews
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The title more or less covers the idea -- the book is well written. Steidel presents the topics in a way the reader can absorb the material without feeling overwhelmed by the math involved. The book covers only introductory material, also including multi degree of freedom systems, continuous systems, and random vibrations. There are numerous GOOD examples and over 500 exercises, which is a lot for a textbook of this type. Sadly, no computer applications are presented in the book, this edition being from 1989, and should any new edition be in the works, it MUST contain computer applications to be of any use. Not using computers limits the student to working with 2 degree of freedom systems, no more. I'd suggest this book as backup for other more advanced and up to date books that do include modern applications but lack the thorough explanations in Steidel's book. The reader might like to check my comments on Thomson's Vibration book.

5.0 out of 5 stars excelent, October 16, 2009

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considering it had to cross the world to come to me it came very very quickly. i am very happy with this and the book is in EXCELENT condition. i have seen books in book stores that are brand new that are not in such good condition.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Beware - this book is a paperback book, January 28, 2008

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The description of this book is incorrect. This is a paperback book, not a hardcover.