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This textbook provides a comprehensive description of a variety of vibration and acoustic pickups and exciters, as well as strain gauge transducers. It is an exhaustive manual for setting up basic and involved experiments in the areas of vibration, acoustics and strain measurement (using strain gauges only). It further serves as a reference to conduct experiments of a pedagogical nature in these areas. It covers the various theoretical aspects of experimental test rigs, as well as a description and choice of transducers/equipment. The fundamentals of signal processing theory, including the basics of random signals, have been included to enable the user to make a proper choice of settings on an analyser or measuring equipment. Also added is a description of modal analysis theory and related parameter extraction techniques. All chapters are provided with conceptual questions which will provoke the reader to think and gain a better understanding of the subjects. The textbook illustrates around fifty experiments in the areas of vibration, acoustics and strain measurements. Given the contents, this textbook is useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the areas of mechanical engineering, with applications that range from civil structures, architectural and environmental systems, and all forms of mechanical systems including transport vehicles and aircraft.

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Prof. C. Sujatha is Professor in the Machine Design Section, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. She did her post-graduation in Electrical Engineering in 1987 and Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics in 1991 from IIT Madras. She has 38 years of experience in teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the areas of machine dynamics, vehicular vibration, acoustics, instrumentation and signal analysis, condition monitoring, etc. She has also taught courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in subjects related to these areas at IIT Madras. She has delivered numerous lectures and presented papers in international and national conferences. She has around 215 publications in peer-reviewed international and national journals and proceedings of international and national conferences. She has published a book entitled “Vibration and Acoustics: Measurements and Signal Analysis” with Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited. She also has two monographs to her credit. She has guided 38 Ph.D. and M.S. (by Research) scholars and more than 125 M.Tech. and B.Tech. students. She has coordinated a large number of industrial consultancy projects for more than 250 industries in India. She has also undertaken many sponsored research projects and has been associated in an advisory capacity with prestigious national R&D and defence organizations.

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