Publisher's Synopsis
The study of vibrations is concerned with the oscillating motion of elastic bodies and the force associated with them. Mechanical vibration is defined as the measurement of a periodic process of oscillations with respect to an equilibrium point. Handbook of Mechanical Vibrations and Noise Engineering provides essential concepts involving vibrational analysis, uncertainty modeling, and vibration control. It should also give a good fundamental basis in computational results, mathematical modeling and assessment in performance of different systems and system components. In first chapter, we propose a unified differential operator method to study mechanical vibrations, solving inhomogeneous linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients. In second chapter, an extensive analysis of the mechanical noise due to the building vibration has been analyzed and possible solutions to the problem discussed. Third chapter presents an exploratory study of the slotted stand-off layer damping treatment for rail vibration and noise control using both theoretical analysis and laboratory tests. A theoretical model for predicting noise reduction in coupled workshops is presented in fourth chapter by using statistical energy analysis (SEA) method. An opening between the coupled workshops is considered into the theoretical model properly. In fifth chapter, an attempt is made to investigate the effect of sound vibration, in particular, the frequency of vibration on the deposition rate. In addition to deposition rate, the quality of deposited coating is also investigated. In sixth chapter, a new noise level prediction method is proposed based on a frequency response function considering both electrical and mechanical characteristics of capacitors. In seventh chapter, several techniques have been proposed to reduce gear noise and vibrations in recent years. Noise source identification of a ring-plate cycloid reducer based on coherence analysis has been presented in eighth chapter. Ninth chapter emphasizes on noise of induction machines and automotive applications of active vibration control are presented in tenth chapter. Eleventh chapter mainly refers to the literatures on torsional vibration issue published in recent years, summarizes on the modeling of torsional vibration, corresponding analysis methods, appropriate measures and torsional vibration control, and points out the problems to be solved in the study and some new research directions. Last chapter presents an application of zero-power controlled magnetic levitation for active vibration control. Vibration isolation are strongly required in the field of high-resolution measurement and micromanufacturing, for instance, in the submicron semiconductor chip manufacturing, scanning probe microscopy, holographic interferometry, cofocal optical imaging, etc. to obtain precise and repeatable results.
