PREFACE
THE SI SYSTEM OF UNITS

CHAPTER 1 OSCILLATORY MOTION
1��1 Harmonic Motion
1��2 Periodic Motion
1��3 Vibration Terminology

CHAPTER 2 FREE VIBRATION
2��1 Vibration Model
2��2 Equation of Motion�� Natural Frequency
2��3 Energy Method
2��4 Rayleigh Method�� Effective Mass
2��5 Principle of Virtual Work
2��6 Viscously Damped Free Vibration
2��7 Logarithmic Decrement
2��8 Coulomb Damping

CHAPTER 3 HARMONICALLY EXCITED VIBRATION
3��1 Forced Harmonic Vibration
3��2 Rotating Unbalance
3��3 Rotor Unbalance
3��4 Whirling of Rotating Shafts
3��5 Support Motion
3��6 Vibration Isolation
3��7 Energy Dissipated by Damping
3��8 Equivalent Viscous Damping
3��9 Structural Damping
3��10 Sharpness of Resonance
3��11 Vibration-Measuring Instruments

CHAPTER 4 TRANSIENT VIBRATION
4��1 Impulse Excitation
4��2 Arbitrary Excitation
4��3 Laplace Transform Formulation
4��4 Pulse Excitation and Rise Time
4��5 Shock Response Spectrum
4��6 Shock Isolation
4��7 Finite Difference Numerical Computation
4��8 Runge-Kutta Method
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CHAPTER 5 SYSTEMS WITH TWO OR MORE DEGREES OF FREEDOM
CHAPTER 6 PROPERTIES OF VIBRATING SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 7 LAGRANGE'S EQUATION
CHAPTER 8 COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
CHAPTER 9 VIBRATION OF CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 10 INTRODUCTION TO THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
CHAPTER 11 MODE-SUMMATION PROCEDURES FOR CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 12 CLASSICAL METHODS
CHAPTER 13 RANDOM VIBRATIONS
CHAPTER 14 NONLINEAR VIBRATIONS

APPENDICES
ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS
INDEX