# Texts for Vibration

1. Dec 11, 2008

### skaboy607

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a text for Vibration. My university recommends Mechanical Vibrations by S.S Rao but it has received bad reviews. I am an undergraduate in my second year and prefer the sound of a book that makes this less complicated...?

Thanks

Will

2. Dec 11, 2008

### stewartcs

Anything by Timoshenko is great.

CS

3. Dec 11, 2008

### Mapes

Tongue's Principles of Vibration is extremely straightforward. It's unlike any other vibrations text I've ever read; at one point, it came shrinkwrapped with a spring that you could attach to a coffee cup (or any weight) to do simple experiments on your own. I used it sophomore year in mechanical engineering.

EDIT: Good Lord, it's only $5 used on Amazon! You can't beat that. 4. Dec 13, 2008 ### schroder The Practical Vibration Primer by Charles Jackson, is as the name implies, a primer with much immediately useful information and a good supplement to a ME course. 5. Jan 15, 2009 ### Rybose I used Rao as an undergrad. I wasn't very helpful. Try "Mechanical Vibrations" - Hartog (1985) It's a very old book, but the explanations about the fundamentals are the best I've read. It's available for around$12 on amazon, and it's free here:

http://www.archive.org/details/mechanicalvibrat031556mbp

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