StructuralDynamicAnalysiswithGeneralizedDampingModels(ISTE)

SinceLordRayleighintroducedtheideaofviscousdampinginhisclassicwork"TheTheoryofSound"in1877,ithasbecomestandardpracticetousethisapproachindynamics,coveringawiderangeofapplicationsfromaerospacetocivilengineering.However,inthemajorityofpracticalcasesthisapproachisadoptedmoreformathematicalconveniencethanformodelingthephysicsofvibrationdamping.Overthepastdecade,extensiveresearchhasbeenundertakenonmoregeneral“non–viscous”dampingmodelsandvibrationofnon–viscouslydampedsystems.Thisbook,alongwitharelatedbookStructuralDynamicAnalysiswithGeneralizedDampingModels:Identification,isthefirstcomprehensivestudytocovervibrationproblemswithgeneralnon–viscousdamping.Theauthordrawsonhisconsiderableresearchexperiencetoproduceatextcovering:dynamicsofviscouslydampedsystems;non–viscouslydampedsingle–andmulti–degreeoffreedomsystems;linearsystemswithnon–localandnon–viscousdamping;reducedcomputationalmethodsfordampedsystems;andfinallyamethodfordealingwithgeneralasymmetricsystems.Thebookiswrittenfromavibrationtheorystandpoint,withnumerousworkedexampleswhicharerelevantacrossawiderangeofmechanical,aerospaceandstructuralengineeringapplications.