Preface

There are a good number of books which deal with vibration, and other books about digital signal processing. But I have not found a single book which focuses on the analysis of experimental vibration data, which is what I find myself doing quite a bit of. I have put this together to serve both as a reference for myself (e.g. collecting various bits of knowledge together for easy access) and hopefully as a reference for others ¹. This is going to be a work in progress for some time. So if there is a particular area that is blank which you have a specific question about, please e-mail me (daniel dot kiracofe at gmail com) and I will try to answer your questions. If you have more extensive questions or problems, I may be able to provide consulting services. Also, if you wish to make a contribution by providing text, examples, or references from your area of expertise, please let me know.

This book is focused on Matlab, which is my tool of choice. If you don't have access to Matlab, GNU Octave is a freely available alternative that is mainly matlab compatible.

Footnotes

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Further, the act of writing this down has helped me find where the gaps are in my knowledge and I have subsequently learned quite a bit filling those in. In my opinion, one of the best ways to learn something is to try to teach it to someone else. If you can't teach it, then you don't know it.

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