Vibration in Engineering

Abstract

THE theory of vibrations has in recent years A become of dominating importance in engineering. It is well known, for example, that vibrations in heavy machinery may be of a destructive nature, causing failures in the machines themselves and having damaging effects upon surrounding structures. The growing importance of the subject is leading to a considerable output of research but, although a number of books have been published hi other countries, especially Germany, there has been until now no reasonably complete exposition in English of the more recent work on the torsional vibrations of shafts.

(1) Practical Solution of Torsional Vibration Problems:

with Examples from Marine, Electrical and Automobile Engineering Practice. By W. Ker Wilson. Pp. xviii + 438. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1935.) 25s. net.

(2) Torsional Vibration:

Elementary Theory and Design Calculations. By W. A. Tuplin. Pp. xviii + 320. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1934.) 21s. net.

(3) The Theory of Vibrations for Engineers:

an Intermediate Course. By E. B. Cole. Pp. x + 263. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, Ltd., 1935.) 15s. net.