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Totally redesigned to meet today's mechanical design challenges, this classic handbook provides a practical overview of the complex principles and data associated with the design and control of dynamic mechanical systems.
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MECHANICAL DESIGN HANDBOOK This page intentionally left blank MECHANICAL DESIGN HANDBOOK Measurement, Analysis, and Control of Dynamic Systems Harold A. Rothbart Editor Dean Emeritus College of Science and Engineering Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, N.J. Thomas H. Brown, Jr. Editor Faculty Associate Institute for Transportation Research and Education North Carolina State University Raleigh, N.C. Second Edition McGRAW-HILL New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2006, 1996 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 9-78-007148735-1 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-146636-3. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. W