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The document reviews two books on mechanical vibrations and wire rope theory. The first book provides a detailed analysis of linear vibrations using matrix methods, while the second book is the first monograph dedicated to wire rope mechanics, covering its construction, response to loads, and failure phenomena. Both texts are recommended for advanced students and professionals in mechanical engineering and related fields.

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The document reviews two books on mechanical vibrations and wire rope theory. The first book provides a detailed analysis of linear vibrations using matrix methods, while the second book is the first monograph dedicated to wire rope mechanics, covering its construction, response to loads, and failure phenomena. Both texts are recommended for advanced students and professionals in mechanical engineering and related fields.

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Journal of

Applied
Mechanics

Mechanical Vibration Analysis and Computation, by D. E. ning graduate students with some previous background in me-

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Newland. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1989. 583 pages. chanical vibrations, linear algebra, and dynamic systems
Price: $59.95. analysis.

REVIEWED BY ANDRES SOOM1 Theory of Wire Rope, by G. A. Costello. Springer-Verlag,


New York, 1990. 106 pages. Price: $59.00.

This book is a fine addition to currently available vibration REVIEWED BY C. W. BERT2


texts. It covers linear vibrations in considerable detail and
makes appropriate use of matrix methods and computational For a very long time, there has been a great need for a
techniques. monograph such as this. This is especially true since wire rope
The first chapter is devoted to describing the relation between has been used since the days of Babylon (700 BC). Although
the impulse and frequency response of a single-degree-of-free- there have been some users manuals and numerous technical
dom oscillator. The next two chapters emphasize frequency papers on the subject, to the best of the reviewer's knowledge,
response characteristics of multi-degree-of-freedom systems this is the first monograph devoted solely to wire rope.
and include a section on damping measures. In a brief introductory chapter, the reader is introduced to
Matrix methods are introduced in the fourth chapter and the components and construction of wire rope. This is followed
are related to natural frequencies and mode shapes in Chapter by a chapter on the equilibrium of a single curved wire, as
5, which includes a good discussion of complex modes. Sin- presented in A. E. H. Love's treatise on elasticity. Chapter 3
gular and defective matrices are covered in Chapter 6. The discusses the static response of a strand consisting of a straight
next four chapters combine numerical methods and general center wire and multiple helical wires. This includes the ge-
response functions for response calculations. Chapter 11, which ometry involved and the response to axial and bending loads,
deals with systems with symmetric matrices, also introduces multilayered strands, and detailed calculation of bending and
Lagrange's equations. contact stresses.
Two chapters are devoted to continuous systems. The first In Chapter 4 ropes of complicated cross-sections are ana-
chapter emphasizes longitudinal vibrations of elastic rods and lyzed for static response. Chapter 5 covers frictional effects
the second transverse vibrations of beams and plates. The book and the effective length of broken wires. Chapter 6 is devoted
concludes with a chapter on parametric and nonlinear vibra- to testing, including axial testing, size effects, and fatigue life.
tions which includes solutions of the Mathieu equations and Chapter 7 discusses and analyzes the failure phenomenon
the Duffing equations, along with discussion of stability, jump known as "birdcaging," which is peculiar to wire rope. Rope
phenomena internal resonances, a brief mention of chaotic rotation is treated in Chapter 8. The monograph is concluded
vibration, and approximate methods for finding periodic re- with an extensive list of references and bibliography as well as
sponses. an ample subject index.
The book is very well written and is rich with examples that In summary, the book fills very ably a need for a concise
illustrate fundamental concepts, computational issues, and ap- treatment of the mechanics of wire rope under static and fatigue
plications of the material to both simple and sophisticated loading. This monograph should be in the libraries of every
practical vibration problems. mechanical engineering and manufacturing concern having any
Although the material presented is self-contained, the book use for wire rope. It also should be of great interest to applied
would be most suitable for advanced undergraduate or begin- mechanicians in general.
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Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, State Uni- School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma,
versity of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260. Norman, OK 73019-0601.

Journal of Applied Mechanics JUNE 1992, Vol. 59/469

Copyright © 1992 by ASME

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