Engineering Vibrations

by Daniel J. Inman

Book Overview

Intended for use in one/two-semester introductory courses in vibration for undergraduates in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. This text is also suitable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 013726142X
• ISBN13: 9780137261420
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 621 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Basic Book

This book is a good book for those who are interested in a beginning study or a reference for basic formulation. It has fantastic didactic and good exercises. So it's very good for undergraduate students. Following it's references may lead one to a bright specialization.

Great textbook

I think that it is a great textbook, which gives students a good balance between the theory and practice, with the nice emphasis of computer capabilities in the area of vibration. I like it very much and I am sure that many students in this country would share my opinion.

Outstanding Text and Reference Book

I am currently teaching the introductory course in Mechanical Vibrations at California State University, Fullerton, and chose Dr. Inman's book after evaluating several different texts. The material is well organized, there are numerous practical examples, and the book is easy to read. The book contains substantial material on nonlinear vibrations, and numerical solutions, items that are of immense practical importance. Methods of solution are covered in three different software packages, MathCAD, MATLAB and Mathematica, which, when combined with the quantity of homework problems, allows the Instructor to tailor the class to his or her own preferences.Additionally, I am also a practicing engineer, currently employed by a manufacturer of vibration exciters, and have found the material on vibration testing to be accurate and informative. This makes the book valuable as a reference, as well as a textbook.

Explains concepts very clearly and with lots of examples

I am taking a graduate course in linear vibrations and I have been using this book because I find it way easier to understand than the more "advanced" one recommended on the course outline.The book explains how to use MatLab for Vibration analysis, which is a very powerful tool.