Based on a systematic understanding of its theoretical foundations, 'Self-Excited Vibration: Theory, Paradigms, and Research Methods' 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 independently analyze any new SEV phenomena. 

Prof. Wenji g Ding was the Director of the Dynamics and Vibration Division of the Engineering Mechanics Department of Tsinghua University, China.