Engineering Vibration, Second Edition (Hardcover)

by Daniel J. Inman (Author)

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Product Description
Textbook encouraging students to learn vibration in an interactive way, to solidify the design components of vibration and to integrate nonlinear vibration problems. Highlights include integration of computational software such as Mathematica and MathCAD in each chapter and introductions to modal and dynamic finite element analysis. Previous edition: c1996. DLC: Engineering Vibration.

From the Publisher
The goal of this text is to combine the study of traditional introductory vibration with the use of vibration design, analysis and testing in engineering practice. This text represents an integration of traditional topics with a design emphasis, the introduction of modal analysis, and the inclusion of a professional quality software package. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 621 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (August 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013726142X
• ISBN-13: 978-0137261420
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #646,161 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Basic intro:covers broad beginnings but slights practical, March 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Engineering Vibration (Hardcover)

This book covers the basic material, but other books such as Schaum's Outline cover a lot of the same basic material. The Appendix on the Literature section is useful as an access point to other books on the text. Hartog's book has more applied information. SS Rao's book has stronger theoretical development. It is not strong on the mechanics of performing modal analysis from a mathematical approach. There are also better examples of LaGrange's method. Overall it is ok for a junior year text, but needs supplementing by the instructor. Wowk's book covers machinery vibration better. My biggest complaint would be that Inman doesn't cover sensing and other practical topics well.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this book., October 18, 2004

By	John C. Fuhrman - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This text is very colored by the authors way of thinking. If you think like the author it may be good for you. If not, then it is very difficult to understand. Important information needed to understand the subject is missing from the book. Nothing is tied together and each new section is a new problem to deal with. Rao's book is much better; any other book would probably be much better.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Text and Reference Book, March 19, 2001

By	Jerry DesRochers "jerry_desrochers" (Anaheim, CA. USA) - See all my reviews

I am currently teaching the introductory course in Mechanical Vibrations at California State University, Fullerton, and chose Dr. Inman's book after evaluating several different texts. The material is well organized, there are numerous practical examples, and the book is easy to read. The book contains substantial material on nonlinear vibrations, and numerical solutions, items that are of immense practical importance. Methods of solution are covered in three different software packages, MathCAD, MATLAB and Mathematica, which, when combined with the quantity of homework problems, allows the Instructor to tailor the class to his or her own preferences.

Additionally, I am also a practicing engineer, currently employed by a manufacturer of vibration exciters, and have found the material on vibration testing to be accurate and informative. This makes the book valuable as a reference, as well as a textbook.