Journal of Vibration and Acoustics: Recent submissions
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Analytical and Experimental Characterization of Macro-Fiber Composite Actuated Thin Clamped-Free Unimorph Benders
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A type of piezoceramic composite actuator known as Macro-Fiber Composite (MFC) is used commonly for actuation in smart-material structures. In this paper, a linear distributed parameter electromechanical ... -
Thermoelastic Coupling Vibration Characteristics of the Axially Moving Beam With Frictional Contact
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The thermoelastic coupling vibration characteristics of the axially moving beam with frictional contact are investigated. The piecewise differential equation of motion for the axially moving beam ... -
Using a Characteristic Force Approach to Determine the Eigensolutions of an Arbitrarily Supported Linear Structure Carrying Lumped Attachments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper a characteristic force approach is developed that can be used to determine the eigenvalues and mode shapes of any arbitrarily supported linear structure carrying various lumped ... -
Damage Identification in Frame Structures Based on FE Model Updating
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper proposed a practical damage detection method for frame structures based on finite element model-updating techniques. An objective function is defined as minimizing the discrepancies ... -
Numerical Solution by the CESE Method of a First-Order Hyperbolic Form of the Equations of Dynamic Nonlinear Elasticity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper reports the application of the space-time conservation element and solution element (CESE) method to the numerical solution of nonlinear waves in elastic solids. The governing equations ... -
Advanced Techniques for Pressure Pulsations Modeling in Volumetric Compressor Manifolds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Pressure pulsations in volumetric compressor manifolds are one of the most important problems occurring in the compressor installations. They cause noise and vibrations, which may result in ... -
Vibration Suppression in Cutting Tools Using a Collocated Piezoelectric Sensor/Actuator With an Adaptive Control Algorithm
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The machining process is very important in many engineering applications. In high precision machining, surface finish is strongly correlated with vibrations and the dynamic interactions between ... -
Application and Comparison of High Breakdown-Point and Bounded-Influence Estimators to Rotor Balancing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In the field of rotor balancing, the traditional influence coefficient method is often employed along with weighted least squares in order to reduce amplitude vibrations, typically at selected ... -
Nonlinear Vibrations of a Thin Plate Under Simultaneous Internal and External Resonances
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The dynamic behavior of a rectangular thin plate under parametric and external excitations is investigated. The motion of the thin plate is modeled by coupled second-order nonlinear ordinary ... -
Analysis of Nonlinear Free Vibration of Circular Plates With Cut-Outs Using R-Function Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Geometrically nonlinear vibrations of circular plate with two cut-outs are simulated by the von Karman equations with respect to displacements. The combination of the Rayleigh–Ritz method and the ... -
Twinkling Phenomena in Snap-Through Oscillators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Oscillatory behavior in a chain of masses connected by springs with continuous but nonmonotonic spring forces can be induced under quasistatic loading. An insight into the birth of this behavior ... -
Multiphysics Modeling and Experimental Validation of the Active Reduction of Structure-Borne Noise
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents a fully coupled multiphysics modeling and experimental validation of the problem of active reduction of noise generated by a thin plate under forced vibration. The plate is ... -
Two Step Optimization of Transducer Locations in Single Input Single Output Tonal Global Active Noise Control in Enclosures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Global active control of sound can be achieved inside enclosures under low modal acoustic fields. However, the performance of the system depends largely on the localization of the elements of ... -
Noise Reduction Analysis of an Underwater Decoupling Layer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Based on the vibro-acoustic coupled model of an infinite bare plate, using the impedance transfer matrix, the analytical model predicting the noise reduction performance of a void decoupling ... -
Parametric Study of a Piezoceramic Patch Actuator for Proportional Velocity Feedback Control Loop
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents a parametric study on the stability and control performance of proportional velocity feedback control with square piezoceramic patch actuators of various widths and thicknesses, ... -
Boundary Control of Large Amplitude Vibration of Anisotropic Composite Laminated Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents a solution to the stabilization problem of large amplitude vibration of the anisotropic composite laminated plates when the Kirchhoff theorem is used to model geometric ... -
Nonlinear and Time-Varying Dynamics of High-Dimensional Models of a Translating Beam With a Stationary Load Subsystem
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Nonlinear vibration and dynamic stability analyses of distributed structural systems have often been conducted for their low-dimensional spatially discretized models, and the results obtained from ... -
Modeling perforates in mufflers using two-ports
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)One of the main sources of noise of a vehicle is the engine where its noise is usually damped by means of acoustic mufflers. A very common problem in the modeling of automotive mufflers ... -
Model Validation for an Active Magnetic Bearing Based Compressor Surge Control Test Rig
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, we present experimental test data for the validation of a recently introduced mathematical model for centrifugal compression systems with variable impeller axial clearances. Employing ... -
Predicting Changes in Vibration Behavior With Respect to Multiple Variables Using Empirical Sensitivity Functions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Engineers must routinely predict how structural systems will vibrate after design modifications are made to the mass, damping, or stiffness properties of the components. To reduce the cost of ...