Abstract: The exact response of a translating string with constant tension and arbitrarily varying length is determined under general initial conditions and external excitation. The governing equation is ...

Abstract: A new parametric instability phenomenon characterized by infinitely compressed, shocklike waves with a bounded displacement and an unbounded vibratory energy is discovered in a translating string ...

Abstract: A novel stochastic model is developed to describe a random series of impacts in modal testing that can be performed manually or by using a specially designed random impact device. The number ...