Download or read book Advanced Theory of Vibration written by J. S. Rao and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1992 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses analytical and graphical methods, numerical techniques and stability analysis in a comprehensive manner with engineering examples at various stages in the text. Discusses the development of diverse theories, outlining the latest refinements to classical theories of bars, rods and beams. Features a number of case studies regarding axial vibration (including viscoelastic members) and torsional vibrations of noncircular cross section rods. Contains extensive coverage of lateral vibration of beams, Coriolis effects, nonlinear vibrations, pretwisted and sandwiched beams and much more.