rotodynamics books: anyone knows some of these?

[cbrn]

Hi,
I recently looked for texts about rotodynamics / vibration of rotary machines, and I found some that sound interesting. I have no way to have a physical look at them though, so I ask if someone already knows some of them and what he thinks about...
Here is the list:
1- "Introduction to Dynamics of Rotor-bearing Systems" by Wan Jeng Chen, 2001, Edgar J.Gunter, ISBN 1412051908
2- "Rotor Dynamics" by J.S. Rao, 3rd Edition, 1996, John Wiley&Sons, ISBN 0852267878
3- "Bearing Influence and Representation in Rotor Dynamics Analysis, Flexible Rotor-bearing System Dynamics", by Wilbur Shapiro, 1972, ASME, ASIN B0006CB09C
4- "Some Problems of Rotor Dynamics", by Alexic Tondl, 1965, Chapman&Hall, ASIN B0007IUYE2
5- "Some Problems of Self-Excited Vibrations of Rotors", by Alexic Tondl, 1974, NRIMD, ASIN B0007AI730
6- "Vibration Analysis of Rotors - Solid Mechanics and its Applications", by Chong-Wong Lee, 1993, Springer, ISBN 0792323009
7- "Linear and Non-Linear Rotordynamics: a Modern Treatment with Applications", by Toshio Yamamoto and Yukio Ishida, 2001, Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 0471181757.

Thanks a lot to everyone in advance for comments and advices!!

Regards

 

[vanstoja]

For a more comprehensive list of rotrodynamics textbooks see

http://www.xlrotor.com/booklist.htm

by Brian Murphy which lists sources of available books. The Tondl book #4 is listed there and I reviewed it many years ago. It is not a basic text by any stretch. Tondl is probably the world's best authority on subsynchronous and subharmonic vibrations which are the rarest kind. Shapiro's treatice #3 is, I believe, part of an ASME set of 3 or 4 brochures which together cover various aspects of rotordynamics. Edgar Gunther's name in #1 suggests that he is either a translator or the original author of a treatise that may have been supplemented by the first named author. Gunther, from U. of Virgina wrote a seminal rotordynamics publication in 1966 , NASA SP-113,titled "Dynamic Stability of Rotor-Bearing Systems". Some fairly recent books with a more fundamental bent may be J.M.Vance, 1988, Rotordynamics of Turbomachinery,ISBN 0471802581 or F.F.Ehrich, 1998, Handbook of Rotordynamics, ISBN 0070193304 neither of which I have seen.

 

[rob768]

"Rotordynamics prediction in Enfineering" by M. Lalanne & G. Ferraris is a good text book

 

[shyeon]

2- "Rotor Dynamics" by J.S. Rao, 3rd Edition, 1996, John Wiley&Sons, ISBN 0852267878

I think that this book is the best fundamental text in rotordynamics.

 

[GregLocock]

Oh, you've read all of them?


Cheers

Greg Locock

Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.

 

[cbrn]

Hi all,

first of all, thanks to everybody for your valuable posts. I realize that in my first post I forgot to mention a crucial point: I don't need a "fundamental" book about rotordynamics, I mean one of the books that are used at University in order to learn the theory of vibration mechanics etc. I already have some of them, I knew something about Rao, but I hope to find something more concretely linked to "real" problems... even specific or very particular problems. In fact, where I work we are dealing more and more with complex vibrational rotordynamics problems, especially when we must operate on / upgrade existing machines.

Thank you again.

Regards

 

[rob768]

Any need for vibration measurements to validate the theory...........

 

[cbrn]

eh eh, rob768, the fact is that we must predict the behaviour... The book you suggest has a very promising title !...

 

[Snelson]

Sorry for chiming in so late on this, but we have several copies of #1 by Chen and Gunter around our office. We have even taken a class from both of them (highly recommended). While the book uses their software, DyRoBeS, for the calculations you really don't need the software. In fact the book is not even a software guide. It really is great book. In addition, Dr. Chen and Dr. Gunter are always willing to chat by phone about questions. I would highly recommend this book and the course if it's in the budget.