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Vibration Analysis for Electronic Equipment

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The author is obviously an engineer who understands the everyday practical problems a dynamicist faces. Some theory, but chock full of easy to understand, and more importantly, *useful* information necessary to put properly designed product out the door.

Don't let the title fool you. The focus of this book is electronics, but the material here is applicable to any vibration problem.

If you're doing any dynamics work, you NEED this book.

If a mechanical engineer has chosen a career in the world of electronics, I strongly recommend this easy to follow gold mine of a book. I say it is a gold mine because it applies directly to the engineers' job. There are no fluff chapters or topics. Everything applies. Steinberg has made it easy (and almost fun) to solve those every day shock, vibration and acoustic challenges. Finding the natural frequency of a body such as a PC board is so much simpler for me now. And a surprising tidbit was for me to discover some amazing facts concerning acoustics. This is especially important as applied to fan cooled electronic packages. Another important area of study was packaging for transportation. How many times have we simply said "Just pack it in foam"? Before reading this book, I couldn't be sure what foam density to use or what the optimum thickness was. Why guess? Do it right.

I borrowed this book from my employer, took it home and read it over the long Christmas weekend. I was so impressed, that I am purchasing my personal copy tonight. I won't be without it.

This reference is a must read for any structural engineer entering into the the electronic packaging world. You can't go wrong with the easy to understand examples and extra insight the book gives to the rapid engineering production world we live in today.

Michael Rogers - Structural Engineer

Highly recommend this book! Picked up this book at the recommendation of my supervisor, when I started doing structural design and analysis of electronics and enclosures in the Aerospace industry. Very useful examples, tables, and rules of thumb. 443 pages, Hardback. Chapters are: 1. Introduction, 2. Vibrations of simple electronic systems, 3. Lumped masses for electronic assemblies, 4. Beam structures for electronic subassemblies, 5. Electronic components, frames, and rings, 6. Printed circuit boards and flat plates, 7. Preventing sinusoidal-vibration failures, 8. Understanding random vibration, 9. Designing for shock environments, 10. Designing electronic boxes, 11. Vibration fixtures and vibration testing, 12. Fatigue in electronic structures.

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