Abstract: The horizontal and vertical motions of a nonlinear spherical buoy, excited by synthetic ocean waves within a wave flume, is numerically and experimentally investigated. First, fluid motion in the wave tank is described ...

Abstract: Parameter sweeps are commonly used to explore the behavior of dynamical systems. This paper derives exact solutions for the instances in time to stroboscopically sample the response of a dynamical system subject to varying ...

Abstract: The propagation constant technique has previously been used to predict band gap regions in linear oscillator chains by solving an eigenvalue problem for frequency in terms of a wave number. This paper describes a method ...

Abstract: This paper performs a theoretical and experimental investigation of the natural frequency and stability of rocking semicircular, parabolic, and semielliptical disks. Horace Lamb's method for deriving the natural frequency ...

Abstract: Empirical mathematical models of cutting forces in machining processes use experimentally determined input parameters to make predictions. A general method for propagation of input parameter uncertainties through such ...