Mechanical Vibrations (4th Edition)
by Singiresu S. Rao
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Author: Singiresu S. RaoEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-10
ISBN: 0130489875
Number of pages: 1078
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Book Reviews of Mechanical Vibrations (4th Edition)
Book Review: Terrible Book
Summary: 2 Stars
What started off as a clear, concise text that fully explained basic concepts quickly degraded into a confusing and unhelpful text that seemed to assume you already knew the topics and treated it as a review. Example problems are completely worthless as Rao often skips dozens of steps at once, assuming the reader is already a pro at modeling complex physical systems. To make matters worse, there seems to be a distinct lack of explanations and plain definitions for many terms that are randomly introduced into the topic. Modal shapes, eigenvectors/eigenvalues, etc. are all introduced with little to no background information.
The only reason I'm giving this 2 stars instead of 1 is because I could potentially see the book's value as a review text or reference, but as the main text for an introductory course on vibrations... Well, let's just say you better have a much better teacher than Rao is a writer.
Summary of Mechanical Vibrations (4th Edition)
With an emphasis on computer techniques of analysis, this book presents the theory, computational aspects, and applications of vibrations in as simple a manner as possible. This text gives expanded explanations of the fundamentals of vibration including history of vibration, degree of freedom systems, vibration control, vibration measurement, and more. For engineers and other professionals who want a clear introduction to vibration engineering.
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