Vibration

Vibrationisacompletelynon-mathematicalaccountofasubjectofvitalimportancetoengineersthatisalmostinvariablydiscussedinmathematicalterms.Thedescriptioncommenceswithanaccountofthenatureofvibrationanditseffectsonthehumanbodyandmetals.Thisisfollowedbychaptersonfreevibration,forcedvibration,self-excitation,thenatureandeffectofshocks,andfinallyanelementaryintroductiontonon-linearvibrations.Manyillustrationsshowtheeffectofvibrationonstructuresandthemethodsemployedbyengineerstosuppressunwelcomeoscillations.InthesecondeditionofVibration,ProfessorBishophasaddedtwofurthersections.Oneisthebehaviourofshipsinwavesandtheotherontheeffectsoftransientvibration.Thisbookwillbeofinteresttostudentsofmechanical,aeronauticalandmarineengineering.Itsdescriptivetreatmentmakestheprinciplesreadilyaccessibletoanyonewhowantstoknowwhymechanismsandstructuresfailwhentheyareshakenandwhatcanbedonetopreventthishappening.