Written by a team of internationally recognized experts, this practical and comprehensive handbook provides all the information needed to design, analyze, install, and maintain systems subject to mechanical shock and vibrations. The book covers theory, measurement, testing, design, and control methodologies, and practical applications. The Sixth Edition of Harris' Shock and Vibration Handbook has been extensively revised with 10 chapters replaced with new material. Coverage of waveform replication and wavelets in shock and vibration testing, and the use of temporal moments to describe an effective duration for shock data is now included. 1,168 pp.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction to the Handbook
• Chapter 2. Basic Vibration Theory
• Chapter 3. Vibration of Resiliently Supported Rigid Body
• Chapter 4. Nonlinear Vibration
• Chapter 5. Self-Excited Vibration
• Chapter 6. Dynamic Vibration Absorbers and Auxiliary Mass Dampers
• Chapter 7. Vibration of Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity
• Chapter 8. System Response to Transient Excitation
• Chapter 9. Mechanical Impedance/Mobility
• Chapter 10, Shock and Vibration Transducers
• Chapter 11. Calibration of Shock and Vibration Transducers
• Chapter 12. Strain Gage Instrumentation
• Chapter 13. Shock and Vibration Data Acquisition
• Chapter 14. Vibration Analyzers and Their Use
• Chapter 15. Measurement Techniques
• Chapter 16. Condition Monitoring of Machinery
• Chapter 17. Shock and Vibration Standards
• Chapter 18. Test Criteria and Specifications
• Chapter 19. Vibration Data Analysis
• Chapter 20. Shock Data Analysis
• Chapter 21. Experimental Modal Analysis
• Chapter 22. Matrix Methods of Analysis
• Chapter 23. Finite Element Methods of Analysis
• Chapter 24. Statistical Energy Analysis
• Chapter 25. Vibration Testing Machines
• Chapter 26. Digital Control Systems for Vibration Testing Machines
• Chapter 27. Conventional Shock Testing Machines
• Chapter 28. Pyroshock Testing
• Chapter 29. Vibration of Structures Induced by Ground Motion
• Chapter 30. Vibration of Structures Induced by Fluid Flow
• Chapter 31. Vibration of Structures Induced by Wind
• Chapter 32. Vibration of Structures Induced by Sound
• Chapter 33. Engineering Properties of Metals
• Chapter 34. Engineering Properties of Composites
• Chapter 35. Material and Slip Damping
• Chapter 36. Applied Damping Treatments
• Chapter 37. Torsional Vibration in Reciprocating and Rotating Machines
• Chapter 38. Theory of Shock and Vibration Isolation
• Chapter 39. Shock and Vibration Isolation Systems
• Chapter 40. Design of Mechanical Equipment
• Chapter 41. Human Response to Shock and Vibration