Abstract: The dynamics of a class of vibration absorbers with elastic stops is discussed in this paper. The mechanical model proposed in previously published papers are modified to explain certain nonlinear ...

Abstract: Removable and reusable sensors are essential in applications like health monitoring or the nondestructive evaluation of newly produced or finished composite structures. In such tests, a major requirement is that the tested ...

Abstract: In this paper, modal analysis experiments on composite plates with and without delaminations are carried out. Specimens of the glass cloth and epoxy matrix composite plate, including plates without delamination and plates ...

Abstract: Granular damping results from a combination of energy dissipation mechanisms including the impact and the friction between the vibrating structure and granules and among the granules. Although ...

Abstract: Fault detection in complex mechanical systems such as wind turbine gearboxes remains challenging, even with the recently significant advancement of sensing and signal processing technologies. As ...

Abstract: The reliability of existing reinforced-concrete flat-slab buildings, designed and detailed to resist gravity loads only, was studied for punching failure at connections under earthquake-type loading. Two flat-slab buildings, ...

Abstract: Thermal buckling is a problem that arises in the operation of continuous annealing lines for thin steel strips. In this paper finite element analysis (FEA) is carried out on the furnace ...

Abstract: An equivalent frame approach is presented for nonlinear seismic analysis of reinforced‐concrete flat plate buildings. The approach employs a parametric hysteretic model and is based on the effective slab‐width concept. ...