This book provides a detailed overview of the theory of analytical andexperimental modal analysis and its applications. <strong>Modal Analysis</strong> is thepr... » 

This book provides a detailed overview of the theory of analytical andexperimental modal analysis and its applications. Modal Analysis is theprocesses of determining the inherent dynamic characteristics of any system andusing them to formulate a mathematical model of the dynamic behavior of thesystem. In the past two decades it has become a major technological tool in thequest for determining improving and optimizing dynamic characteristics ofengineering structures. Its main application is in mechanical and aeronauticalengineering but it is also gaining widespread use in civil and structuralengineering biomechanical problems space structures acoustic instruments andnuclear engineering.The only book to focus on the theory of modal analysis before discussingapplicationsA relatively new technique being utilized more and more in recentyears which is now filtering through to undergraduate coursesLeading expert inthe field «