Journal of Vibration and Acoustics: Recent submissions
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Sensitivity of General Compound Planetary Gear Natural Frequencies and Vibration Modes to Model Parameters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper studies the sensitivity of general compound planetary gear natural frequencies and vibration modes to inertia and stiffness parameters. The model admits planetary gears having any ... -
Predicting the Sound Transmission Loss of Sandwich Panels by Statistical Energy Analysis Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A statistical energy analysis (SEA) approach is used to predict the sound transmission loss (STL) of sandwich panels numerically. Unlike conventional SEA studies of the STL of sandwich panels, ... -
Orthogonal Eigenstructure Control for Vibration Suppression
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Orthogonal eigenstructure control is a novel active control method for vibration suppression in multi-input multi-output linear systems. This method is based on finding an output feedback control ... -
Added-Mass Effect in Modeling of Cilia-Based Devices for Microfluidic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This article shows that the added mass due to fluid-structure interaction significantly affects the vibrational dynamics of cilia-based (vibrating cantilever-type) devices for handling microscale ... -
Command Shaping Slewing Motions for Tower Cranes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Input shaping has been shown to be a practical and effective control scheme for reducing payload swing on industrial bridge and gantry cranes. However, when applied to tower cranes, standard ... -
Multicell Homogenization of One-Dimensional Periodic Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Much attention has been recently devoted to the application of homogenization methods for the prediction of the dynamic behavior of periodic domains. One of the most popular techniques employs ... -
PEM Based Sensitivity Analysis for Acoustic Radiation Problems of Random Responses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A new effective method for computing the acoustic radiation and its sensitivity analysis of a structure subjected to stochastic excitation is presented. Previous work in the area of structural ... -
Rest-to-Rest Motion of an Experimental Flexible Structure Subject to Friction: Linear Programming Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A linear programming approach designed to eliminate the residual vibration of the two-mass harmonic system subject to friction and undergoing a point-to-point maneuver is proposed and implemented ... -
A Note on the Use of Approximate Solutions for the Bending Vibrations of Simply Supported Cracked Beams
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The main goal of this note is to discuss the applicability of approximate closed-form solutions to evaluate the natural frequencies for bending vibrations of simply supported Euler–Bernoulli ... -
Including Physiologically Based Nonlinearity in a Cochlear Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The outer hair cell (OHC) is known to be the main source of nonlinear activity in the cochlea. In this work, we used a one-dimensional fluid model of the cochlea coupled to a nonlinear ... -
Modal Methodology for the Simulation and Optimization of the Free-Layer Damping Treatment of a Car Body
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The cost and weight reduction requirements in automotive applications are very important targets in the design of a new car. For this reason, all the components of the vehicle have to be ... -
Nonlinear Forced Vibrations of Laminated Piezoelectric Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A numerical approach is presented for linear and geometrically nonlinear forced vibrations of laminated composite plates with piezoelectric materials. The displacement fields are defined generally ... -
Energy Harvesting From Vibrations With a Nonlinear Oscillator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, we present a nonlinear electromagnetic energy harvesting device that has a broadly resonant response. The nonlinearity is generated by a particular arrangement of magnets in ... -
Advanced Signal Processing Tools for the Vibratory Surveillance of Assembly Faults in Diesel Engine Cold Tests
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper addresses the use of several signal processing tools for monitoring and diagnosis of assembly faults in diesel engines through the cold test technology. One specific fault is considered ... -
Forced Vibrations of a Very Slender Continuous Rotor With Geometrical Nonlinearity (Harmonic and Subharmonic Resonances)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)When both ends of an elastic continuous rotor are supported simply by double-row self-aligning ball bearings, the geometrical nonlinearity appears due to the stiffening effect in the elongation ... -
A Comparative Study on the Local Mean Decomposition and Empirical Mode Decomposition and Their Applications to Rotating Machinery Health Diagnosis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Health diagnosis of the rotating machinery can identify potential failure at its early stage and reduce severe machine damage and costly machine downtime. In recent years, the adaptive decomposition ... -
Damage Detection in Nonlinear Systems Using Optimal Feedback Auxiliary Signals and System Augmentations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)An optimal sensitivity enhancing feedback control has been proposed recently. This method differs from previous sensitivity enhancing approaches because in addition to placing the closed-loop ... -
Positioning of Deadeners for Vibration Reduction in Vehicle Roof Using Embedded Sensitivity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) performance of passenger vehicles strongly depends on the fluid-structure interaction between the air in the vehicle cavity and the sheet metal structure ... -
Measured Dynamic Properties of Flexible Hoses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A method for measuring the impedance matrix and the dynamic properties of a liquid-filled flexible hose is described in this paper. Dynamic hose properties are presented for a wide range of ... -
Experimental Validation of a Hybrid Electrostrictive Hydraulic Actuator Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The basic operation of smart material-based hybrid electrohydraulic actuators involves high frequency bidirectional length change in an active material stack (or rod) that is converted to ...