Based on a systematic understanding of its theoretical foundations, this book offers a method for analyzing any type of self-excited vibration (SEV). After summarizing the research results of various SEV phenomenon, including chatter, shimmy, rotor whirl, flutter, gallop, and SEV of man-made control systems, the author constructs a general constitutive mechanism of SEV, as well as a common research program and detailed analysis technique. All of these will help the reader independantly analyze any new SEV phenomena. Dr. Wenjing Ding is the Director of the Dynamics and Vibration Division of the Engineering Mechanics Department of Tsinghua University, China.
