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Soedel, Werner was born on April 24, 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1963. Son of Hermann and Gertrud (Fritsche) Soedel.
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With increasingly sophisticated structures involved in modern engineering, knowledge of the complex vibration behavior of plates, shells, curved membranes, rings, and other complex structures is essential for today’s engineering students, since the behavior is fundamentally different than that of simple structures such as rods and beams. Now in its third edition, Vibrations of Shells and Plates continues to lay an analytical and computational foundation for the study of vibration in these structures. Vibrations of Shells and Plates, Third Edition is updated with substantial new material reflecting advances made over the past decade since publication of the second edition. The author demonstrates how the vibration behavior of shells and plates differs from that of beams through theoretical development and examples. He also explains complicating effects on vibration such as the influence of rotation, shear, rotatory inertia, moment loading, residual stresses, and composite layers. New material includes the parabolic cylindrical shell, natural frequencies and modes, power series method, and explicit strain energy equations for many standard cases. Intended for graduate and post-graduate study in vibration, acoustics, noise control, and stress analysis, this textbook provides a strong foundation in vibration theory, offers analytical solutions that illustrate actual behavior of structures, and prepares students to perform finite element and finite difference analysis.
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Soedel, Werner was born on April 24, 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1963. Son of Hermann and Gertrud (Fritsche) Soedel.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Staatliche Ingenieurschule, Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1957. Graduate, General Motors Institute, 1961. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1967.
Junior engineer, Adam Opel AG, General Motors, Rüsselsheim, Federal Republic Germany, 1957-1961; senior engineer, Adam Opel AG, General Motors, Rüsselsheim, Federal Republic Germany, 1961-1963; assistant professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1967-1971; associate professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1971-1975; professor mechanic engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1975; chairman mechanic area mechanic engineering department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1980. Consultant in field.
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Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Acoustical Society of America, American Academy Mechanics, Sigma Xi.
Married Ann Greiber, September 30, 1961. Children: Sven Michael, Fritz Peter, Dirk Tomas, Marlena Franziska.