• King Abdulaziz University
  • An extensive Matlab FAQ
  • MATLAB (Release 13) Help Desk
  • ONLINE RESOURCES:
    Matlab Programs Used in Rao 4th Edition


    The complete set of Matlab programs used in the textbook (Rao 4th Edition). This is a ZIP file that needs to be uncompressed into a single directory. Some of the programs are necessary or useful for solving homework problems.

    Engineering Vibration Toolbox for Matlab (Wright State University)


    A set of about 35 educational programs written in Matlab by by Prof. Joseph C. Slater. The programs can be run on any platform supported by MATLAB (Mac, Windows, VMS, Unix). Also included are help files, examples, and files containing raw experimental data. The codes include single degree of freedom response, response spectrum, finite elements, numerical integration, modal analysis and phase plane analysis. The files can be downloaded for free by students.

    Online Vibration and Wave Book


    A book on vibrations and waves in PDF available for free to students. This is more a physics rather than an engineering text that emphasizes waves and strings. However the basic ideas may be useful to engineering students in vibrations courses.

    Wave and Vibration Portal


    A site with links to very interesting pages on various wave and vibration phenomena. Make sure to visit the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster site which contains clips of a movie showing the failure of a bridge under vibration-induced loads.

    Internet Resources for Vibrations and Waves


    A list of links to various tutorial and animation sites related to vibrations and waves.

    Acoustics and Vibrations of a Baseball Bat (Kettering University)


    Very nice and interesting vibrations analyses of a baseball bat with animations of its modes by Prof. Daniel A. Russell.

     

  • Periodicals:

    Journal of KAAU, Engineering Sciences

    Smart Materials and Structures - Journal - Dedicated to technical advances in smart materials and structures, this journal covers both basic and applied research in physics, engineering and materials science and also applications in the aerospace, automotive, civil, electrical and optical engineering industries.

     

    Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures - Searchable EnThe first international journal devoted to the growing technology
    of smart materials and structures. A major forum for new research and developments in materials, sensors, actuators, controls, structures, optics and electromagnetics for smart materials. Click     here for publisher as the direct link may expire.

    Journal of Sound & Vibration - As an established international journal, the Journal of Sound and Vibration is devoted to the prompt publication of original papers on experimental and theoretical work concerning all aspects of sound and vibration. Articles of current interest that transcend the usual specialization boundaries are particularly encouraged as well as introduction to, or reviews of, new fields of research.

    Sound & Vibration Magazine - Sound and Vibration is a practical engineering magazine circulated to individually qualified personnel who are concerned with noise and vibration control, automotive NVH, dynamic measurements, modal analysis, machinery reliability, acoustical engineering and dynamic testing. Qualified individuals perform: design engineering, testing and evaluation, management, research and development, consulting and engineering services, equipment reliability/PM/PdM, occupational safety and health and other functions related to the fields served.

    Journal of Shock and Vibration

    Journal of Vibration and Control- provides a forum for original research on vibration phenomena occurring in the mechanical, structural, aeronautical, electrical, materials, chemical, control, ocean, and environmental fields. Articles address analytical, computational, and experimental analyses of such topics as determinate and random vibrations, fluid, solid and dynamic control, structural control, vibration control in machinery, and adaptive and smart structures.