part Part I Theory and methods Paolo L.Gatti -- chapter 1 Review of some fundamentals -- chapter 2 Mathematical preliminaries -- chapter 3 Analytical dynamics�an overview -- chapter 4 Single-degree-of-freedom systems -- chapter 5 More SDOF�transient response and approximate methods -- chapter 6 Multiple-degree-of-freedom systems -- chapter 7 More MDOF systems�forced vibrations and response analysis -- chapter 8 Continuous or distributed parameter systems -- chapter 9 MDOF and continuous systems: approximate methods -- chapter 10 Experimental modal analysis -- chapter 11 Probability and statistics: preliminaries to random vibrations -- chapter 12 Stochastic processes and random vibrations -- chapter Further reading to Part I -- part Part II Measuring instrumentation Vittorio Ferrari -- chapter 13 Basic concepts of measurement and measuring instruments -- chapter 14 Motion and vibration transducers -- chapter 15 Signal conditioning and data acquisition -- chapter Further reading to Part II -- chapter Appendices A Finite-dimensional vector spaces and elements of matrix analysis -- chapter B Some considerations on the assessment of vibration intensity.