The Dynamic Response of Linear Mechanical Systems: An Introduction to Modeling, Analysis and Simulation connects the theory of vibration with the more general theory of systems. The author uses a rigorous approach to the teaching of vibration and mechanical-system analysis. Featuring well-known graphical techniques of solving engineering problems, the book also features: A seven-step modeling technique which helps structure the process of deriving mathematical models of mechanical systemsA system-theoretic approach used to derive the time response of the linear mathematical models of the systems under studyThe modal analysis and the time response of two-degree-of-freedom systemsExamples and exercises that rely on modern computational toolboxes for both numerical and symbolic computations as well as a complete solutions manual for instructors