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iar he 2. yeh ee ELEMENTS OF VIBRATION ANALYSIS Second Edition Leonard Meirovitch College of Engineering Virgina Polytectnic Institute and State University COTO KUTUPHANES! M.E.T.U. LIBRARY il Boston, Massachusetts Burr Ridge, linois Dubuque, Iowa Madison, Wisconsin New York, New York San Francisco, California St. Louis, Missouri Qas35 To My Wife and to the MSs3 Memory of My Parents z (9&4 as “This book was set in Times Roman by Ea Services Lid. ‘The editor was Anne Murphy the cover was designed ty Kar H. Steinbrenner, the production supervisor was Charles Hess ‘rofet supervision was done by Albeet Harrison, Haley Edo Services. McGraw-Hill 328681 A Dino of The McGrane EI Compares ELEMENTS OF VIBRATION ANALYSIS copyright © 1986, 1975 by McCrsw-Hil, Inc. All ights reserved. Typeset in che United SEE ceric Eacept as penited under the Untod Stats Copyright Act of 1976, 20 Set or th publication may be reproduced or dsebuted in any frm or by any means, oc ee, Pda bare or reuoval sem, witout Ge peor writen permission of the ier. joiri2 1914 15 16 17 18 19 BKMBKM 909876545210 ISBN O-07-O41342-8 . Library of Congress Cataloging in Pubication Data Meirovitch, Leonard. ‘lament of vibration analysis Bibliography: Ineldes index Te Vibration 1 Tie. Qko3s.Ms3 1986 531.32 SBN 0-07-081382-8 PREFACE Inthe last several decades, impressive progress has been made in vibration analysis, prompted by advances in technology. On the one hand, the requirement for the tnalysis of neresingly complex systems has been instrumental inthe development of powerful computational techniques. On the other hand, the development of fast.

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