Random vibrations: analysis of structural and mechanical systems
- Amsterdam Elsevier c2004
- xii, 638p.; 25cm.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Probability and Random Variables Chapter 3 Expected Values of Random Variables Chapter 4 Analysis of Stochastic Processes Chapter 5 Time Domain Linear Vibration Analysis Chapter 6 Frequency Domain Analysis Chapter 7 Frequency, bandwith, and Amplitude Chapter 8 Matrix Analysis of Linear Systems Chapter 9 Direct Stochastic Analysis of Linear Systems Chapter 10 Introduction to Nonlinear StochasticVibration Chapter 11 Failure Analysis Chapter 12 Effect of Parameter Uncertainty
Appendices A and B Index
The topic of Random Vibrations is the behavior of structural and mechanical systems when they are subjected to unpredictable, or random, vibrations. These vibrations may arise from natural phenomena such as earthquakes or wind, or from human-controlled causes such as the stresses placed on aircraft at takeoff and landing. Study and mastery of this topic enables engineers to design and maintain structures capable of withstanding random vibrations, thereby protecting human life.Random Vibrations will lead readers in a user-friendly fashion to a thorough understanding of vibrations of linear and nonlinear systems that undergo stochastic—random—excitation.