'The authors are well-known experts and active researchers in the subject area. They have provided a very thorough, comprehensive, and authoritative treatment of structural dynamics. I wish I could have had access to such an excellent book when I was a graduate student. Strongly recommend it to any students who are interested in this subject, including rotorcraft dynamics.' Wenbin Yu, Purdue University, Indiana
Preface; 1. Review: dynamics of SDOF systems; 2. Principles of structural dynamics; 3. Natural modes of vibration: continuous systems; 4. Finite element method and model reduction; 5. Natural modes of vibration: discrete systems; 6. Damping; 7. Dynamic response of structures; 8. Structural dynamics of rotating systems; 9. Stability and response problems of periodic systems; Appendix A: Linear algebra and matrix methods; Appendix B: Laplace transforms; Appendix C: Gaussian quadrature; Appendix D: Pseudocode for describing algorithms; Index.