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Structural dynamics made easy: worked examples open up this key engineering topic

Table of Contents

Basic ConceptsThe Linear Single Degree of Freedom SystemClassical MethodsThe Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Response in the Time DomainThe Linear Single Degree of Freedom System: Response in the Frequency DomainDamping; Introduction to Multi-degree-of-freedom SystemsEigenvalues and EigenvectorsVibration of StructuresFourier Transformation and Related TopicsRandom VibrationVibration ReductionIntroduction to Self-Excited SystemsVibration testingAppendices

About the Author

Retired Aeronautical engineer, ex-senior dynamics engineer at British Aerospace. The author has 40 years of experience of structural dynamics and vibration in the British and American aerospace industries (structural dynamicist for the US Harrier; T45 US Navy Hawk trainer; Lockheed-Martin JSF). This included five years as the UK representative on the Structures and Materials Panel of NATO’s Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development (AGARD).