Structural Dynamics and Vibration in Practice

Index

A

Absorber, See Dynamic, absorber

Accelerance, See Inertance

Accelerometers, 89–91

piezoelectric, 377–8

piezoresistive, 377–8

Accuracy of random spectra, 318–20

ACF, See Autocorrelation function

Acoustic spectra, 393–6

conversion to PSD, 395–6

third-octave bands, 394–5

Admittance, See Receptance

Air Materiel Command, 358

Algebraic eigenvalue problem, 160

Aliasing, 256–60

Amplifier:

charge, 377

negative feedback, 381

power, 378–9

voltage, 377

Amplitude:

double, 3

peak-to-peak, 3

probability density, 270–3

RMS, 4

single-peak, 3

Analog spectrum analyzer, 318

Anti-aliasing filter, 259–60

Anti-skid device, 350

Apparent mass, 83

Area-moment method, 390

Argand diagram, 6

Armature mass effect, 381–4

Autocorrelation function, 300–2

B

Beating, ...