INDEX

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A
Absolute value

85

Absorber
damped

221-223

undamped

211-220

Accelerative loadings

78

Accelerometer

125

Actuators

474

Adjoint

505

Admissible functions

411

Analyzer

482

Approximate results

430

Assumed modes method

414

Autocorrelation function

463

481

B
Band limited noise

472

Bar vibration-boundary conditions

320

Bar vibration-undamped

317

Bar vibrations-undamped

317

Base excitation

70

Beam vibration-forced

340

Beam vibration-undamped

329

Beruoulli-Euler beam model

330

342

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Beta variable

320

Bounce

432

Boundary conditions

410

Boundary conditions-beam

333

Boundary conditions-geometric

334

Boundary conditions-natural

334

Bounded oscillations

218

Breathing mode

275

C
Characteristic equation

197

Characteristic polynomial

100

Charge amplifier

482

Clamped boundary condition

334

Coefficient of friction

118

Cofactor

505

Coherence function

471

Comparison functions

410

197

Complex representation-damped
oscillations

26

Complex representations

94

Complex stiffness
Constant coefficient, linear, ODE

123
7

Constraint equation

35

Constraints

35

Continuous systems-forced vibration

340

Convergence

396

Convolution integral

164

convolution method

170

Coordinate transformation

269

342
170

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Coordinates

Correlation

463

Coulomb damping

118

Critically damped

27

Cross-correlation

464

470

D
Damped natural frequency
Damped seismic motion

27
100

Damper characteristic

24

Damping coefficient

27

Damping factor

25

Damping factors

502

Damping ratio

27

Decay rate

28

Decoupled form
Degree of freedom

27

239
1

Delta functions-properties

176

Determinant

196

505

Dirac delta function

165

466

Direct force excitation

81

Distributed actuator

482

Distributed sensor

482

Drift

455

Drop height

181

Dry friction

118

E
Eigenfunction-bar

321

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Eigenmode

199

Eigenvalue

196

Eigenvalue problem

196

387

Eigenvector

196

199

Energy dissipated-hysteretic damping

124

Energy dissipated-viscous damping

123

Energy formulation

399

Equivalent mass

431

Equivalent spring

13

Equivalent spring constant-parallel

16

Equivalent spring constant-series

14

Estimated eigenvector

15-17

383

Excitation
direct force
rotating imbalance
seismic

81-99
103-109
70-81

Expected value

100-103

458

F
First order form

245

Flexibility influence coefficient

276

Force formulation

399

Force transducer

479

Forced vibration

69

Fourier coefficients

158

Fourier series

155

Fourier series analysis

153

Fourier transform analysis

461

Fourier transform-complex form

462

Fourier transform-real form

462

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Free vibration
bar

317

beam

329

MDOF

194

rotational motion
SDOF

18-20
1

translational motion
Free boundary condition

6-17
334

G
Generalized coordinates

31

Graphical vector visualization

97

H
Half power points

116

Half sine input

179

Hysteretic damping

121

I
Identification-damping

109

Identification-natural frequency

109

Impulse

165

Impulse hammer

474

Impulse response

169

In-phase motion

77

Inertial coupling

229

Inflection points

377

Influence coefficient-flexibility matrix

277

Influence coefficient-stiffness

275

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Influence coefficient-stiffness matrix

276

Influence coefficients

275

Integration by parts

399

Inverse matrix

231

506

K
KE

32

Kinetic energy

32

Kinetic energy-continuous

398

Kinetic energy-discrete

367

Kinetic energy-zero frequency

368

Kinetic energy-zero
frequency-continuous

398

L
Lagranges equations

29

Lagrangian

32

Laser vibrometer

481

Limiting cases

441

Linear algebra

503

Linear damping

24

Linear equation

19

Linear impulse

166

Linearization
Logarithmic decrement
Longitudinal vibration
Lumped approximations
Lumped spring constant-bar
Lumped spring constants

18

19

110

111

317-325
363
17
499

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M
Mass characteristic

Mass coupling

229

Mass normalization

234

Mass orthogonal

236

Material constants

502

MATLAB

245

Matrix relations

503

Maxima

377

Maximal acceleration-shock loading

182

Mean square value

460

Mean value

458

Minima

377

Minor

505

Modal analyzer

482

Modal matrix

237

Modal response-bar

323

Modal response-beam

336

Modal response-general

339

Mode

199

Modified mass

431

Multi degree-of freedom

193

Multi degree-of-freedom-damped

241

Multi degree-of-freedom-forced

204

Multi degree-of-freedom-undamped

194

184

Multi degree-of-freedom: forced and

damped

260

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N
Natural frequency

Newtons second law

Node

339

Noise

471

Non-dimensional frequency

79

Non-periodicity

455

Nonlinear effects

482

Nonlinear equation

19

Normal coordinates

231-232

Normal mode

239-241

Normal-form

229

230

O
Orthogonality

157

Orthogonality-eigenfunctions

344

Orthogonality-vectors

233

Orthonormal vector set

234

Out-of-phase motion

77

Overdamped

27

Overshoot

72

74

P
PE

32

Peak response frequency

114

Period of oscillation

Periodic waveform

Perturbation solutions

220

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Phase

85

Phase shift

11

Piezoelectric crystal

126

Pinned boundary condition

334

Pitch

432

Poles

197

Potential energy

32

Potential energy-continuous

399

Potential energy-discrete

367

Power spectral density

464

Primary system

214

Proportional damping

252

Q
Qualitative vibrational response

75

R
Random signals
Rayleigh dissipation function

455
35

Rayleighs quotient-continuous

398

Rayleighs quotient-discrete

366

380

Rayleigh-Ritz method-continuous
problems
Rayleigh-Ritz method-discrete systems

396
382

RD

35

Real representation-damped oscillations

27

Repeated frequencies

271

Repeated natural frequencies

271

Resonance

75

78

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Rigid body modes

274

Rigid body motion

Rigid-body modes

339

Ringing

72

Rise time

74

Roll

432

Rotating imbalance

103

Rotating imbalance-equation of motion

105

Rotational motion

18

S
Secondary system

214

Seismic Excitation-Sinusoidal Input

75

Seismic excitation-step inputs

70

Seismometer

125

Self orthogonal

236

Sensor-actuator pair

226

Sensors

474

Separation of variables

318

Settling time

332

74

Shaker

474

Shaker table

481

Shock profiles

178

Shock response

178

Sign function

118

Signal conditioner

482

Signal descriptions

455

Single degree of freedom-forced

480

69

Single degree of freedom-undamped

Single degree-of-freedom-undamped

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Singular

506

Span

236

Spectral analyses

463

Spectrum analyzer

482

Spring characteristic

Spring coupling

229

Sprung mass

432

Standard deviation

460

Static equilibrium

Stationarity

384

Stationary process

455

Stationary signals

455

Stationary solutions

377

Steady state response

76

Stiffness coupling

229

Stiffness influence coefficient

276

Stiffness orthogonal

236

Stockbridge damper

211

Strain guage

481

Stress-strain diagram

121

Structural damping

121

Structural damping factor

123

Symbol convention

195

Symmetry

267

System orthogonal

236

T
Timoshenko beam model

330

Tramp

433

Transducer

125
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Transfer function

468

Transfer functions

83

Transformation of coordinates

231

Transient response

152

220-222

Trial functions

387

402

Trial vectors

371

383

11

90

Trigonometric identities

402

U
Underdamped

27

Unit impulse

166

Unitary vectors

391

Unsprung mass

432

V
Variance

459

Vibration absorber-damped

219

262

Vibration absorber-undamped

211

218

Vibration analyzer

482

Virtual displacement

35

Virtual work

36

Viscous damping

23

Voltage amplifier

482

24

W
Wheel hop

432

White noise

471

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Z
Zero frequencies

271

Zeros of forced response

223

274

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