Mechanical Vibrations

This textbook is intended for a one-semester course in Mechanical Vibrations for any Mechanical Engineering curriculum. Covered are the modeling and solution of 1-dof linear first- and second-order vibrational systems. Free and forced, undamped and damped systems are covered. Also covered are simple harmonic motion, phasors, logarithmic decrement, vibrational resonance, transmissibility, state-space methods, and general forcing functions. There is an introduction to the modeling and solutions of multi-dof vibrational systems. Throughout there is an emphasis on numerical examples and alternate solution approaches. MATLAB Software is used as a tool for vibrational motion solutions, plots, and animations throughout.