
702 Index
slider-crank mechanism and, 265–269
two degree-of-freedom system, 530–534
half-sine wave, 532–534
optimal damping, 532–534
velocity responses to, 226–227
vibration isolation for systems with, 238
Beams, 540–648
axial force effects on, 625–628
boundary conditions for, 552–562, 574–588
cantilever, 560–562, 581–586, 629–630, 638–645
clamped, 576–577, 597–598
free at both ends, 581
pinned, 597, 626
conservative systems, 551–553
curvature, 544–545
eigenvalue problem for, 565–567
elastic foundations, with, 625–626
extended Hamilton’s principle for, 543, 550–554
forced oscillations of, 632–648
free oscillations of, 562–632
frequency-response function for, 641–644
governing equations of motion, 543–562
harmonic forcing of, 640–641
impulse response of, 638–639
interior elements attached to, 552, 553, 588–625
kinetic energy of, 546
Lagrangian of the system, 548–550
mass attached to, 588–625
mode shapes for, 562–632, 633–636
moving load on, 646–648
natural frequencies (v)
of, 562–632
tables of, 578, 582, 585, 601, 603, 604
node points for, 387, 577–579
nonconservative systems, 553–554
potential energy of, 546
static equilibrium position of, 563
single degree-of-freedom system attached to, 588–625,
tapered, 627–632
transient response, suppression for, 644–645
translation springs attached to, 584–586, 589–590, 592
work and, 547–548
Bell and clapper system, 360–362, 494–495
Bernoulli-Euler law, 545–555
Bounce and pitch systems, 343–346, 357–358, 385–387,
456–458, 488–490
frequency-response functions for, 488–490
governing equations for, 343–346, 357–358
harmonic forcing, response to, 456–458
mode shapes of, 385–387
natural frequency of, 385–387
Boundary, force transmitted to a, 289–290, 480–481
Boundary conditions, see Beams, Strings, Shafts, and
Bars C
Cantilever beams, see Beams Center of gravity, 25, 27, 47
Center of mass, 16, 25
Central line, 543–544
Centrifugal governor, 114–115
Centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber, 507–510
Characteristic equations (see also Beams), 164, 166, 370,
372, 399
damped systems, 164, 399
Characteristic roots, 164
Chatter, machine tool, 165–167
Chaotic, 516
Circulatory forces, 399, 406–407
Clamped beams, see Beams Coefficient of friction, 53
Coefficient of restitution, 140
Collision, 140
Column matrix, 676
Complex numbers, 679–682
Complex stiffness, 251, 490
Compressed gas, potential energy elements of, 46–47
Conformable matrices, 677
Conservation of energy, 408–409
Conservation of momentum, 343, 351
Conservative force, 30
Conservative load, 547
Conservative systems, 551–553
Constant modal damping model, 468–471
Constraint
equation, 13
geometric, 13
holonomic, 13
Continuous (distributed-parameter) systems, 55, 541–542
Contour curves for beams, 598–603
Convolution integral, 183, 665
Coordinates, 13–15, 440, 680–681
generalized, 13–15
polar, 680–681
principal (modal), 440
Coulomb damping, 53, 88, 171–172, 246–247, 249,
252–253
energy dissipation by, 246–247, 249, 252–253
equivalent viscous damping, 246–247, 249
force-displacement curves for, 252–253
free responses from, 171–172
governing equation for, 88
periodic excitations and, 246–247, 249, 252–253
Crankshaft oscillations, 111–113
Critical damping, 85, 130
Cubic nonlinearities, 44–45, 168, 269–273
Base excitation (continued)