Random Vibration in Mechanical Systems

Stephen H. Crandall, William D. Mark

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781483232591
• eBook ISBN: 9781483269009
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Engineering General
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Random Vibration in Mechanical Systems focuses on the fundamental facts and theories of random vibration in a form particularly applicable to mechanical engineers. The book first offers information on the characterization and transmission of random vibration. Discussions focus on the normal or Gaussian random process; excitation-response relations for stationary random processes; response of a single-degree-of-freedom system to stationary random excitation; wide-band and narrow-band random processes; and frequency decomposition of stationary random processes. The text then examines failure due to random vibration, including failure due to first excursion up to a certain level; fatigue failure due to a stationary narrow-band random stress process; failure due to an accumulation of damage; failure due to response remaining above a certain level for too great a fraction of the time; and failure mechanisms. The manuscript is a vital reference for mechanical engineers and researchers interested in random vibration in mechanical systems.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Random Vibration in Mechanical Systems
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1. CharacterizationI of Random Vibration
• Chapter 2. TransmissionL of Random Vibration
• Chapter 3. Failure Due to Random Vibration
• APPENDIX A: Additional Parameter Studies of Mean Square Responses of Two-Degree-of-Freedom System to White Noise Excitation
• APPENDIX B: Further Comparisons of Analog Computer Results with Eq. (2.65)
• APPENDIX C: Analog Computer Measurements
• Author Index
• Subject Index