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Focusing on practical applications yet covering theoretical aspects too, this volume explains optimization techniques for vibrating systems omitted by many standard texts. It deploys both Newton-Euler and Lagrange methodology to derive equations.

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Advanced Vibrations: A Modern Approach is presented at a theoretical-practical level and explains mechanical vibrations concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers and practicing engineers alike will appreciate the user-friendly presentation of a wealth of topics including but not limited to practical optimization for designing vibration isolators, and transient, harmonic and random excitations.

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Part I Vibration Fundamentals.- Vibration Kinematics.- Vibration Dynamics.- Part II Frequency Response.- One Degree of Freedom Systems, Frequency Response.- Multi Degree of Freedom Systems, Frequency Response.- Two Degree of Freedom Systems, Frequency Response.- Part III Time Response.- First-Order Systems, Time Response.- One Degree of Freedom, Time Response.- Part IV Application.- Vibration Optimization.- Vehicle Vibrations.- Appendix A Frequency Response Curves.- Appendix B Trigonometric Formulas.- Appendix C Unit Conversions.

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"It introduces the fundamental knowledge used in mechanical vibrations. ... The monograph will be useful to teachers of analytical mechanics and general mechanics in colleges and technical universities, and to designers, practitioning engineers and students of engineering." (Sergei Georgievich Zhuravlev, zbMATH 1311.74001, 2015)

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Reza N. Jazar is a professor in the Aerospace, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Engineering Department at RMIT University. His main research areas are nonlinear dynamics, robotics, control, and MEMs. He´s written extensively on many diverse topics in applied mathematics and mechanical engineering. He is also the author of Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control and regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in mechanical engineering.

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