Vibration and vibration control of structures play a vital research role in mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineering, as well as many industrial and defense-related applications. To help readers fully grasp the importance of this subject, this comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art technology in the area of vibration damping of discrete and continuous structural systems.

Table of Contents:
Preface, ix. 1. Fundamentals of Vibration Damping, 1. 1.1 Introduction, 1. 1.2 Scope of the Book, 2. 1.3 Classification of Damping, 4. 1.4 Characterization of Viscoelastic Materials, 10. 1.5 Effects of Environmental Factors, 20. 1.6 Fundamentals of Damping Material Properties, 24. 1.7 Fundamentals of Vibration Control Techniques, 29. 1.8 Summary, 37. References, 37. 2. Vibrations of Discrete Systems, 40. 2.1 Introduction, 40. 2.2 Free Vibrations of Single-Degree- of-Freedom Systems with Viscous Damping, 45. 2.3 Forced Vibrations of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Damping, 48. 2.4 Transient Vibrations of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Damping, 54. 2.5 Free Vibrations of Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Viscous Damping, 66. 2.6 Forced Vibrations of Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Damping, 77. 2.7 Transient Vibrations of Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Damping, 83. 2.8 Vibrations of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Damping, 89. 2.9 Summary, 102. References, 104 . 3. Damping of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials, 105. 3.1 Introduction, 105. 3.2 Damping of Aligned Discontinued Fiber Composites, 106. 3.3 Damping of Aligned Off-axis Discontinuous Fiber Composites, 120. 3.4 Damping of Randomly Oriented Short-Fiber Composites, 128. 3.5 Damping of Laminated Composites, 137. 3.6 The Influence of Fiber-Matrix Interface on Damping, 146. 3.7 Summary, 156. References, 156. 4. Vibrations of Constrained Damped Beam Structures, 160. 4.1 Introduction, 160. 4.2 Vibrations of Three-Layered Damped Beam Structures, 161. 4.3 Other Vibration Analyses of Three- Layered Damped Beam Structures, 174. 4.4 Vibration Characteristics of Constrained Three-Layered Damped Beam Structures, 186. 4.5 Vibrations of Multilayered Damped Beam Structures, 192. 4.6 Summary, 193. References, 194. 5. Vibrations of Constrained Damped Plate Structures, 198. 5.1 Introduction, 198. 5.2 Vibrations of Three-Layered Damped Plate Structures, 199. 5.3 Vibration Solutions Using A General Purpose Finite Element Computer Program, 210. 5.4 Vibration Characteristics of Constrained Three-Layered Damped Plate Structures, 226. 5.5 Summary, 236. References, 236. 6. Vibrations of Constrained Damped Ring Structures, 239. 6.1 Introduction, 239. 6.2 Vibrations of Discontinuously Constrained Damped Ring Structures, 239. 6.3 Vibrations of Continuously Constrained Damped Ring Structures, 252. 6.4 Vibration Solutions Using General Purpose Finite Element Computer Program, 272. 6.5 Continuously Versus Discontinuously Constrained Damped Ring Structures, 276. 6.6 Summary, 279. References, 279. 7. Vibrations of Constrained Damped Cylindrical Shell Structures, 281. 7.1 Introduction, 281. 7.2 Effectiveness of Damping Treatments of Constrained Beam-Damped Cylindrical Shell Structures, 282. 7.3 Vibrations of Constrained Beam-Damped Cylindrical Shell Structures, 284. 7.4 Vibration Characteristics of Beam-Damped Cylindrical Shell Structures, 293. 7.5 Vibrations of Constrained Beam- Damped Titanium Cylindrical Shells, 295. 7.6 Vibrations of Constrained Damped Shell Structures with Attached Mass Segments, 303. 7.7 Vibrations of Constrained Damped Shell Structures with Curved Elements, 312. 7.8 Summary, 313. References, 316. 8. Continuous and Discontinuous Constrained Viscoelastic Material on Structural Elements Using Finite Element Method, 318. 8.1 Introduction, 318. 8.2 Finite Element Formulation of Structures with Constrained Viscoelastic Damping Layer, 321. 8.3 Derivation of Elastic Stiffness Matrix of Plate Structures, 327. 8.4 Derivation of Elastic Stiffness Matrix of Beam Structures, 332. 8.5 Derivation of Mass Matrix, 334. 8.6 Evaluation of Loss Factors, 336. 8.7 Constrained Viscoelastic Damping Materials on Structural Elements With Prestress Effects, 349. 8.8 Summary, 362. References, 362. Author Index, 367. Subject Index, 369.