Theory of Vibration with Applications-Prentice Hall (1997)-OCRed


PREFACE

This book is the fifth edition of the Theory of Vibration with Applications. For a classi-

cal subject like Vibration, an explanation for another revision is in order.

Although the subject of Vibration does not greatly change, the development of new and sophisticated digital techniques keep advancing and increasing the wide vari-

ety of problems to be solved and discussed in class.

MATLAB® is a v~rsatile computer software program.that is commercially avail-

able and adopted by many engineering schools. It is compatible with the previous com-

putational methods of the 4th edition and we have decided to augment and broaden· the computer capabilities of the 4th edition with its use in the 5th edition. To undertake this revision, our editor and I have engaged a competent co-author. Dr. Marie D. Dahleh, of our Engineering Department, to work with me on this task.





The authors recognize that problem solving is a vital part of the learning process, and the use of a versatile new computer technique will enhance the student's capabili-

ties not only in the field of Vibration, but to other fields as well. To use MATLAB, or any other new computer method, it is not necessary to completely understand the detailed mathematics on which the software program is based. On this point, I am reminded of a timely quotation by Oliver Heavyside, a famous British mathematician and engineer of the early 20th century, who was being criticized for his fonovative mathematics. His response to them was; "Should I refuse my di.nner because I do not understand the process of my digestion?"


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