Friction-Induced Vibrations and Sound: Principles and Applications

Providing a unified theoretical framework, Friction-Induced Vibrations and Sound: Principles and Applications serves as the first comprehensive reference of its kind. This book introduces basic concepts and analytical methods of vibrations, sound, contact, and friction, presenting examples of how friction induces vibrations and sound in nature and in everyday life. Several chapters extend these concepts and methods to critical engineering applications in the information technology and automotive industries. With extensive references in each chapter to enhance further study, this text examines real state-of-the-art systems at the nano-, micro-, and macroscale.