Optimal Protection from Impact, Shock and Vibration

A modern presentation of the theory of optimal isolation of impact, shock, and vibration. The material is critical to the understanding of the physical principles underlying the behaviour of the systems that are needed to provide protection from impact, shock, or vibration, and includes the basis for investigating the limiting capabilities.

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Systems that provide protection from impact, shock and vibration are held up by sophisticated physical principles. In this volume, the author explores those principles in a straightforward manner. All aspects of the theory of optimal isolation are presented, from a description of the systems that use these principles to the design of such systems and the limits of the approach. The text offers several examples of how optimal isolation has been applied in real-world situations, thus serving to emphasize and elucidate the explanation of the theory. Optimal Protection From Impact, Shock and Vibration is ideal for applied engineers and mathematicians, whether students or professionals, who need to understand optimal protection.