Modal Testing : Theory, Practice and Application (Second edition)

Modal testing is widely practised in all those engineering disciplines where vibration and other dynamic phenomena affect the behaviour and performance of structures and machines.

In this book, all the steps involved in planning, executing, interpreting and applying the results from modal tests are described.

The book includes all the new and improved techniques which have emerged during the 12 years since the first edition was written, especially those of signal processing and modal analysis.

It develops the more powerful applications of modal testing in more detail than in the first edition, and introduces some new topics, including the application of modal testing to rotational machinery.

The text includes exercises and worked examples to facilitate understanding of the subject.