Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Mechanical systems and equilibrium of forces Chapter 2. Principle of virtual work and Lagrange's equations Chapter 3. Hamilton's Principle and Lagrange's equations of unconstrained systems Chapter 4. Constrained systems and Lagrange's undetermined multipliers Chapter 5. Autonomous oscillators Chapter 6. Multi-degree-of-freedom systems: natural modes of vibration Chapter 7. Forced vibration: response to transient excitations Chapter 8. Spectral analysis of deterministic time signals Chapter 9. Spectral analysis of forced vibrations

About the Author

Francois Axisa is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ENSTA, France, and holds a research post in flow-induced vibration problems at Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, France. He is the author of more than 50 papers on vibrations, damping and associated subjects and has been involved in numerous international conferences and meetings.

Reviews

'For this is not just a translation; much has been added, refined and polished, to make this book an excellent addition to anyone's bookshelf, whose interests lie in Dynamics, Vibrations, or Fluid Structure Interactions.' Michael Paidoussis, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Canada, in the Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2004