Vibration of Continuous Systems - Hardcover

Rao, Singiresu S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471771716 ISBN 13: 9780471771715

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

Broad, up-to-date coverage of advanced vibration analysis by the market-leading author

Successful vibration analysis of continuous structural elements and systems requires a knowledge of material mechanics, structural mechanics, ordinary and partial differential equations, matrix methods, variational calculus, and integral equations. Fortunately, leading author Singiresu Rao has created Vibration of Continuous Systems, a new book that provides engineers, researchers, and students with everything they need to know about analytical methods of vibration analysis of continuous structural systems.

Featuring coverage of strings, bars, shafts, beams, circular rings and curved beams, membranes, plates, and shells-as well as an introduction to the propagation of elastic waves in structures and solid bodies-Vibration of Continuous Systems presents:
* Methodical and comprehensive coverage of the vibration of different types of structural elements
* The exact analytical and approximate analytical methods of analysis
* Fundamental concepts in a straightforward manner, complete with illustrative examples

With chapters that are independent and self-contained, Vibration of Continuous Systems is the perfect book that works as a one-semester course, self-study tool, and convenient reference.

About this title

About the Author

Singiresu S. Rao, PhD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He has authored a number of textbooks, including the market-leading introductory-level text on vibrations, Mechanical Vibrations, Fourth Edition.

From the Back Cover

Broad, up-to-date coverage of advanced vibration analysis by the market-leading author

Successful vibration analysis of continuous structural elements and systems requires a knowledge of material mechanics, structural mechanics, ordinary and partial differential equations, matrix methods, variational calculus, and integral equations. Fortunately, leading author Singiresu Rao has created Vibration of Continuous Systems, a new book that provides engineers, researchers, and students with everything they need to know about analytical methods of vibration analysis of continuous structural systems.

Featuring coverage of strings, bars, shafts, beams, circular rings and curved beams, membranes, plates, and shells—as well as an introduction to the propagation of elastic waves in structures and solid bodies—Vibration of Continuous Systems presents:

• Methodical and comprehensive coverage of the vibration of different types of structural elements
• The exact analytical and approximate analytical methods of analysis
• Fundamental concepts in a straightforward manner, complete with illustrative examples

With chapters that are independent and self-contained, Vibration of Continuous Systems is the perfect book that works as a one-semester course, self-study tool, and convenient reference.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471771716
• ISBN 13: 9780471771715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 744