This text is intended for use as an advanced course in either rotordynamics or vibration at the graduate level. This text has mostly grown out of the research work in my laboratory and the lectures given to graduate students in the Mechanical Engineering Department, KAIST. The text contains a variety of topics not normally found in rotordynamics or vibration textbooks. The text emphasizes the analytical aspects and is thus quite different from conventional rotordynamics texts; potential readers are expected to have a firm background in elementary rotordynamics and vibration. In most...

Vibration Analysis of Rotors is concerned with the important topic of rotor dynamics. Rotor problems are examined through vibration analysis and emphasis is placed on the analytical aspects. The book is therefore very useful as an advanced course/self-study book on rotor dynamics for readers with a good knowledge of vibration analysis. The text introduces simple rotor systems and gradually progresses to the complex systems, with a description of all analytical solutions for discrete and continuous rotor systems. A useful chapter is devoted to the introduction of lambda matrices, which allow a...