Overview

The Engineering Vibration Toolbox is a set of over 35 educational programs and associated files written in MATLAB by Joseph C. Slater. It can be run on any platform supported by MATLAB or Octave(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. It is included free with the text "Engineering Vibration" by Dr. Daniel J. Inman (Prentice Hall). The version for use with student versions of MATLAB 3.5 is bundled with older printings of the book (PC version, Mac version available from the MathWorks, Inc.). It is still available on the download page. No other toolboxes are required to run this new version. The files are also distributed on 3.5" disk by the MathWorks, Inc as stated in the back of the text (at least in some printings!).

The Engineering Vibration Toolbox is now being ported to Octave! If you know Matlab, you already know most of Octave. Most students will hardly know the difference, except that it's free! As they are ported, the Octavized vibration toolbox codes can be found here. The entire archive can be downloaded as a zip. If it works, let me know and I'll move it into the octave directory. Please feel free to help! Please let me know if you find any bug. I expect some. Please refer to the Octave web site for details on obtaining and installing Octave.

To get an idea of what the Engineering Vibration Toolbox has to offer, take a look at the vibration absorber design code, allowing students to see design tradeoffs in 3-D and rotate the graphic for better insight.

Most Recent Updates

vtbud now automates the installation process. Download vtbud and execute it from within matlab to either update or install the vibration toolbox.

Current revision status of the vibration toolbox can be viewed in the vtbud.txt log file.

Faculty/Instructors/GTAs

Please send comments and questions regarding the Engineering Vibration Toolbox by email to Joseph C. Slater. I've decided to stop keeping a mailing list, so please use the vtbud function to check for updates.

Disclaimer and Other Stuff

This site is provided to distribute updates to the Engineering Vibration Toolbox. Neither the author, Prentice Hall, nor Wright State University make any warranty with regard to merchantability or fitness for any given purpose with regard to the software. All rights are retained. No permission is given to anyone other than myself, the MathWorks and Prentice Hall to distribute this software in any manner whatsoever. Instructors may distribute this software to students registered for a course using the text Engineering Vibration, and/or alternatively may install the software on networked computers. The only thing I ask is that Engineering Vibration be the adopted textbook for use where the software is installed.

Looking for the professional Vibration Toolbox? Try here. The professional version is being transformed into additional code for my future text. Details are forthcoming.

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