Vibrations and Waves in Continuous Mechanical Systems

This excellent book aims to provide a first course on vibrations of continuous system. The book starts with simple one-dimensional continuous systems which are easily understood and prepare the ground for more complex analysis in later chapters. Equations of motion for all systems considered are derived using both the Newtonian and variational approaches. The chapters take the reader from very simple results to more complex analysis without skipping the key steps in the derivations. This makes the book suitable for a course at the senior undergraduate level to an advanced course at graduate level. *Presents dynamics and analysis techniques for a large class of continuous mechanical systems, in one, two, and three dimensions in one complete volume *Develops an excellent understanding of the theory of continuous systems starting from the fundamentals through to more complex analysis *Contains state-of-the-art research topics for graduates and researchers