Vibration for Engineers (2nd Edition) [Hardcover]

Andrew Dimarogonas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0134562291 | ISBN-13: 978-0134562292 | Edition: 2

This second edition is a comprehensive book for vibration engineering. The book emphasizes design and extends the discussion of design beyond handbook solutions for component sizing to include the assumptions underlying the handbook solutions. Symbolic processing is introduced for those readers who want to extend their understanding of the fundamentals of vibration analysis. It also includes historical references so that students will understand how vibration theories developed.

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Vibrations for Engineers, Second Edition is a comprehensive text for a first course in vibration engineering. The book emphasizes design and extends the discussion of design beyond handbook solutions for component sizing to include the assumptions underlying the handbook solutions. Symbolic processing is introduced for those readers who want to extend their understanding of the fundamentals of vibration analysis. The text also includes historical references so that students will understand how vibration theories developed.

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Key Benefit: This second edition is a comprehensive book for vibration engineering. Key Topics: The book emphasizes design and extends the discussion of design beyond handbook solutions for component sizing to include the assumptions underlying the handbook solutions. Symbolic processing is introduced for those readers who want to extend their understanding of the fundamentals of vibration analysis. It also includes historical references so that students will understand how vibration theories developed.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 825 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (January 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0134562291
• ISBN-13: 978-0134562292
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,355,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Last a Good Modern Vibrations Text, January 24, 2000

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Dara Childs (Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vibration for Engineers (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

This is the first good vibrations book and reference since Den Hartog's Mechanical Vibration, 1952. Because of its structured organization, the book is suitable for an undergraduate or graduate text, or is ideal as a reference for a practicing engineer. The book is unique from many perspectives including the author`s exceptional historical grasp of the field of vibrations and mechanics. He presents the practice and theory of vibrations as the legacy of real engineers and scientists. The introductory chapter provides an historical review of the subject's development, with subsequent biographical insertions throughout. The book is also unique in its design-philosophy orientation. The encyclopedic collection of examples and example problems are invariably based on real engineering systems and reflect the author's high regard for the design process and many years of experience as a practicing engineer and consultant.

Chapters 1 through 5 cover aspects of single-degree of freedom vibration problems including frequently neglected issues such as general forms for damping and static and dynamic stability. Chapter 6-8 cover multi-degree-of-freedom systems with lumped-mass formulations. Chapter 9 introduces continuous systems and their governing partial differential equations with chapter 10 presenting numerical methods for vibration analysis. The book through chapter 10 would cover the outline of most competitive vibration books, although with a distinctly different vision and vitality. The balance of the book tends to cover topics of more specialized interests including Rotor Dynamics, Nonlinear Vibrations, Design, Signal Processing, and Monitoring and Diagnostics.

This wonderful book can be read and studied (productively) at many levels. A beginner can learn about simple vibration problems and the pervasiveness of vibration phenomena in the world. A graduate course can be built around the book, and a practicing engineer can use the Table of Contents and Index to look up virtually any topic relating to Vibrations. The extensive lists of references and recommended reading is a useful complement in researching specific topics.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good undergraduate 'Vibration' textbook, December 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Vibration for Engineers (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

I teach the course 'Mechanical Vibration'for undergraduate students at fourth semester, Department of Mechanics, Fudan University. I'd like to find a modern textbook in which not only the rigorous bacis theory, but also the vivid application examples and practical exercises should be included. This book meets my requirements well. The comprehensive contents offer students a solid theoretical fundation.The practical examples enable students to gain perceptual knowledge. The numerical methods and practicable programme make students can realize and practise the methods. A lot of drill exercises, extracted from engineering design problems, appear at the end of every chapter.The historical notes are the special content of the book. So this is a very good book. I recommend it highly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Es necesaria una edición en español, August 13, 2000

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Ing. Francisco J. González R. Msc. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vibration for Engineers (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

Tal como lo indica en el titulo, vibraciones para ingenieros, es un libro que debe leerse en el contexto de la formación de los profesionales de la ingenieria, considero que es muy claro e ilustrativo. El autor ha logrado capturar problemas del mundo real y convertirlos en casos de estudio al alcance de cualquier usuario que tenga dominio fundamental del cálculo. Sin embargo, el referido dominio del cálculo no es una limitante, ya que a través del manejo del texto es posible enteder los fundamentos que rigen los hechos asociados a la vibración.