SHOCK

AND
VIBRATION
HANDBOOK
THIRD EDITION

Edited by

CYRIL M. HARRIS
Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering
and Professor of Architecture
Columbia University

First Edition of the Shock and Vibration Handbook (1961)

Edited by
Cyril M. Harris and Charles E. Crede

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CONTENTS

Preface

xi

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE HANDBOOK

1-1

Cyril M. Harris, Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering;

Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
AND

Charles E. Crede, Late Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied

Mechanics; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
2. BASIC VIBRATION THEORY

2-1

Ralph E. Blake, Consultant; Technical Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose,

Calif.
3. VIBRATION OF A RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED RIGID BODY

3-1

Harry Himelblau, Jr., Member of the Technical Staff; Space Transportation Systems Division, Rockwell International Corp., Downey, Calif.
AND

Sheldon Rubin, Senior Project Engineer; Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles,

Calif.
4. NONLINEAR VIBRATION

4-1

H. Norman Abramson, Executive Vice President; Southwest Research

Institute, San Antonio, Texas
5. SELF-EXCITED VIBRATION

5-1

Frederick F. Ehrich, Staff Engineer; Aircraft Engine Group, General

Electric Co., Lynn, Mass.
6. DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBERS AND AUXILIARY MASS
DAMPERS

6-1

F. Everett Reed, President; Littleton Research and Engineering Corp.,

Littleton, Mass.
7. VIBRATION OF SYSTEMS HAVING DISTRIBUTED MASS AND
ELASTICITY
William F. Stokey, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus;
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Penn.

7-1

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8. TRANSIENT RESPONSE TO STEP AND PULSE FUNCTIONS

8-1

Robert S. Ayre, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering; University of

Colorado, Boulder, Colo.

9. EFFECTS OF IMPACT ON STRUCTURES

9-1

William H. Hoppmann II, Professor Emeritus of Engineering; University

of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
10. MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE

10-1

Elmer L. Hixson, Professor of Electrical Engineering; The University of

Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
11. STATISTICAL CONCEPTS IN VIBRATION

11-1

John W. Miles, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Geophysics;

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.
AND

William T. Thomson, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering;

University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif.
12. PIEZOELECTRIC AND PIEZORESISTIVE TRANSDUCERS

12-1

Eldon E. Eller, Senior Project Engineer; Endevco Corp., San Juan

Capistrano, Calif.
AND

Robert M. Whittier, Research and Development Manager, Silicon

Products; Endevco Corp., San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
13. VIBRATION MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT AND SIGNAL
ANALYZERS

13-1

Robert B. Randall, Vibration Applications Engineer; Brel & Kjaer Pty.

Ltd., Concord, N.S.W., Australia.
14. SPECIAL-PURPOSE TRANSDUCERS

14-1

John E. Judd, President; Vibra-Metrics, Inc., Hamden, Conn.

AND

John D. Ramboz, Consultant

15. MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

15-1

Cyril M. Harris, Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering;

Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
16. CONDITION MONITORING OF MACHINERY

16-1

Joelle Courrech, Senior Applications Engineer; Brel & Kjaer, Naerum,

Denmark

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17. STRAIN-GAGE INSTRUMENTATION

17-1

Earl J. Wilson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Flight

Research Center, Edwards, Calif

18. CALIBRATION OF PICKUPS

18-1

John D. Ramboz, Consultant

M. R. Serbyn, Research Engineer; National Bureau of Standards,
Gaithersburg, Md.
AND

Robert W. Lally, Consultant; PCB Piezotronics, Inc., Depew, N. Y.

19. VIBRATION STANDARDS

19-1

Paul H. Maedel, Jr., Westinghouse Electric Corp., Philadelphia, Penn.

AND

Ronald L. Eshleman, President; The Vibration Institute, Clarendon Hills,

III.
20. INTRODUCTION TO DATA REDUCTION, TESTING, AND
SPECIFICATIONS

20-1

Charles T. Morrow, Consultant, Encinitas, Calif.

21. EXPERIMENTAL MODAL ANALYSIS

21-1

Randall J. Allemang, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering;

Structural Dynamics Research Laboratory, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio
AND

David L. Brown, Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Structural

Dynamics Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
22. CONCEPTS IN VIBRATION DATA ANALYSIS

22-1

Allen J. Curtis, Chief Scientist; Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo,

Calif.
23. CONCEPTS IN SHOCK DATA ANALYSIS

23-1

Sheldon Rubin, Senior Project Engineer; The Aerospace Corporation,

El Segundo, Calif.
24. PART I: VIBRATION OF STRUCTURES INDUCED BY GROUND
MOTION
W. J. Hall, Professor of Civil Engineering; University of Illinois,
Urbana, III.

24-1

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PART II: SEISMIC QUALIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT

24-21

George D. Shipway, Technical Director, Western Test and Engineering;

Wyle Laboratories, Norco, Calif.
AND

Daniel D. Kana, Institute Engineer; Southwest Research Institute, San

Antonio, Texas
25. VIBRATION TESTING MACHINES

25-1

Karl Unholtz, Unholtz-Dickie Corporation, Hamden, Conn.

26. SHOCK TESTING MACHINES

26-1

Edward W. Clements, Head; Equipment Integrity Section, Shock and

Vibration Branch, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
Jerry R. Sullivan, Head; Ship Combat Survivability Section; U.S. Naval
Ship Engineering Center, Washington, D.C.
AND

Irwin Vigness, Late Head, Shock and Vibration Branch; U.S. Naval
Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
27. APPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS

27-1

Allen J. Curtis, Chief Scientist; Hughes Aircraft Company, Elsegundon,

Calif
28. MATRIX METHODS OF ANALYSIS

28-1

Stephen H. Crandall, Ford Professor of Engineering; Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
AND

Rober B. McCalley, Jr., Senior Technical Consultant; General Electric

Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
29. PART I: VIBRATION OF STRUCTURES INDUCED BY FLUID PLOW

29-1

Robert D. Blevins, Consultant; San Diego, Calif.

PART II: VIBRATION OF STRUCTURES INDUCED BY WIND

29-17

A. G. Davenport, Director, Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory,

and Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering; University of
Western Ontario, London, Ont.
AND

Milos Novak, Professor of Civil Engineering; University of Western

Ontario, London, Ont.
30. THEORY OF VIBRATION ISOLATION

30-1

Charles E. Crede, Late Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied

Mechanics; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
AND

Jerome E. Ruzicka, Barry Controls Division, Barry Wright Corp.,

Watertown, Mass.

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31. THEORY OF SHOCK ISOLATION

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31-1

R. E. Newton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering; United States Naval

Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.
32. TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OP VIBRATION ISOLATORS

32-1

Romulus H. Racca, Principal Engineer; Barry Controls Division, Barry

Wright Corp., Watertown, Mass.

33. AIR SUSPENSION AND ACTIVE VIBRATION-ISOLATION SYSTEMS

33-1

Rodney W. Horning, Senior Project Engineer; Barry Wright Corp.,

Watertown, Mass.
AND

Dale W. Schubert, Senior Development Engineer; Barry Wright Corp.,

Watertown, Mass.

34. APPLICATION OF ISOLATORS

34-1

Harry L. Hain, Manager; Avionics/Marine Products Design, Lord Corp.,

Erie, Penn.
John J. Heintzel, Senior Engineering Specialist, Lord Corp., Erie, Penn.
AND

Charles J. Leingang, Manager; Products Design/Industrial Products

Engineering, Lord Corp., Erie, Penn.
35. PROPERTIES OF RUBBER

35-1

William A. Frye, Manager; Quality & Reliability System, Inland

Division, General Motors Corporation, Dayton, Ohio
36. MATERIAL DAMPING AND SLIP DAMPING

36-1

Lawrence E. Goodman, Professor of Mechanics; University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, Minn.

37. APPLICATION OF DAMPING TREATMENTS

37-1

David I. G. Jones, Materials Research Engineer; Materials Laboratory,

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
38. TORSIONAL VIBRATION IN RECIPROCATING AND ROTATING
MACHINES

38-1

Ronald L. Eshleman, President; Vibration Institute, Clarendon Hills, III.

AND

Frank M. Lewis, Late Professor Emeritus of Marine Engineering,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

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39. BALANCE OF ROTATING MACHINERY

39-1

Douglas G. Stadelbauer, Vice President; Schenck Trebel Corp., Deer

Park,N.Y.
AND

Douglas Muster, Brown and Root Professor of Mechanical Engineering;

University of Houston, Houston, Texas
40. MACHINE-TOOL VIBRATION

40-1

John G. Bollinger, Bascom Professor of Mechanical Engineering;

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wise.
41. PACKAGING DESIGN

41-1

Masaji T. Hatae, Manager, Transportability Engineering; Advanced

Systems Division, Northrop Corp., Pico Rivera, Calif.
42. THEORY OF EQUIPMENT DESIGN

42-1

Edward G. Fischer, Consulting Engineer; Westinghouse Electrical Corp.,

Pittsburg, Penn.
43. PRACTICE OF EQUIPMENT DESIGN

43-1

Edward G. Fischer, Consulting Engineer; Westinghouse Electric Corp.,

Pittsburg, Penn.

44. EFFECTS OF SHOCK AND VIBRATION ON MAN

44-1

Henning E. von Gierke, Director; Biodynamics and Bioengineering

Division, Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research
Laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
AND

David E. Goldman, Professor Emeritus of Physiology; Medical College of

Pennsylvania and Hospital, Philadelphia, Penn.
INDEX-follows Chapter 44