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ContentsPrefaceThe SI System of Units1. Oscillatory Motion2. Free Vibration3. Harmonically Excited Vibration4. Transient Vibration5. Systems with Two or More Degrees of Freedom6. Properties of Vibrating Systems7. Lagrange's Equation8. Computational Methods9. Vibration of Continuous Systems10. Introduction to the Finite Element Method11. Mode-Summation Procedures for Continuous Systems12. Classical Methods13. Random VibrationsAppendix A. Specifications of Vibration BoundsAppendix B. Introduction to Laplace TransformationAppendix C. Determinants and MatricesAppendix D. Normal Modes of Uniform BeamsAppendix E. Introduction to MATLABAppendix F. Computer ProgramsAppendix G. Convergence to Higher ModesAnswers to Selected ProblemsIndex