Journal of Vibration and Acoustics: Recent submissions
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Pulsation Energy in the Suction Manifold of a Reciprocating Compressor as a Measure for Parameter Sensitivity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Gas pulsations in a compressor suction manifold radiate noise and reduce the efficiency of the compressor. The objective of this paper is to identify and quantify the effects of modeling assumptions and uncertainties in ... -
Scale Effect on Tension Induced Intermodal Coupling in Nanomechanical Resonators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Scale effect on the tensioninduced intermodal coupling between the flexural modes in nanomechanical resonators is investigated. Based on the nonlocal theory of elasticity, a theoretical model is developed to depict the ... -
The Effect of Honeycomb Core Geometry on the Sound Transmission Performance of Sandwich Panels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The authors present numerical results for a systematic parametric study of the effect of honeycomb core geometry on the sound transmission and vibration properties of inplane loaded honeycomb core sandwich panels using ... -
New Insights Into Utilizing Bistability for Energy Harvesting Under White Noise
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper investigates the response of a bistable energy harvester to random excitations that can be approximated by a white noise process. Statistical linearization (SL), direct numerical integration of the stochastic ... -
Conservation Properties of the Trapezoidal Rule in Linear Time Domain Analysis of Acoustics and Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The trapezoidal rule, which is a special case of the Newmark family of algorithms, is one of the most widely used methods for transient hyperbolic problems. In this work, we show that this rule conserves linear and angular ... -
Dynamic Analysis of a Series Iwan Model Derived From a Continuous Frictional Interface
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Reducedorder models for characterizing friction interfaces have been investigated for the last 75 years. Recent work has been focused on microslip formulations of the interface behavior, where a continuous interface is ... -
Inverse Patch Transfer Functions Method as a Tool for Source Field Identification
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Many methods to detect, quantify, or reconstruct acoustic sources exist in the literature and are widely used in industry (nearfield acoustic holography, inverse boundary element method, etc.). However, the source ... -
Modal Reduction Technique for Predicting the Onset of Chaotic Behavior due to Lateral Vibrations in Drillstrings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Drillstrings used for oil and gas exploration and extraction consist of a drillpipe (slender columns on the order of 3–5 km long), drill collars (DCs) (thickwalled largediameter pipes), stabilizers (cylindrical elements ... -
An Intelligent Prognostic System for Gear Performance Degradation Assessment and Remaining Useful Life Estimation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Gears are widely used in machines to transmit torque from one shaft to another shaft and to change the speed of a power source. Gear failure is one of the major causes for mechanical transmission system breakdown. Therefore, ... -
Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Vibration Absorber for a Cantilever Beam
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Fluidic flexible matrix composite (F2MC) tubes with resonant fluidic circuits can absorb vibration at a specific frequency when bonded to flexible structures. The transverse structural vibration applies cyclic axial strain ... -
Dynamic Modeling and Experimental Validation of an Annular Dielectric Elastomer Actuator With a Biasing Mass
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper presents a model for the electromechanically coupled dynamic behavior of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA). The main goal is to develop a lumped, dynamic model which can be used for the optimization of actuator ... -
Reduced Model and Application of Inflating Circular Diaphragm Dielectric Elastomer Generators for Wave Energy Harvesting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Dielectric elastomers (DE) are incompressible rubberlike solids whose electrical and structural responses are highly nonlinear and strongly coupled. Thanks to their coupled electromechanical response, intrinsic lightness, ... -
Frequency Control of Beams and Cylindrical Shells With Light Activated Shape Memory Polymers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Light activated shape memory polymer (LaSMP) is a novel smart material. It realizes the shape memory function under the exposure of laser lights with two different wavelengths. During the exposure process, the stiffness ... -
Specific Features of Dynamic Behavior of Stationary and Rotating Single/Coaxial Cylindrical Shells Interacting With the Axial and Rotational Fluid Flows
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The paper is concerned with the finite element analysis of hydroelastic stability of stationary or rotating elastic single and coaxial cylindrical shells subjected to compressible fluid flows having axial and tangential ... -
Dynamics of a Superconducting Linear Slider
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this paper, the dynamic behavior of a one degreeoffreedom (DOF) contactless linear slider based on superconducting magnetic levitation is experimentally analyzed. The device is intended for precision positioning of an ... -
Enhancing Structural Damage Identification Robustness to Noise and Damping With Integrated Bistable and Adaptive Piezoelectric Circuitry
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The accurate and reliable identification of damage in modern engineered structures is essential for timely corrective measures. Vibrationbased damage prediction has been studied extensively by virtue of its global damage ... -
Nonlinear Vibrations and Chaotic Dynamics of the Laminated Composite Piezoelectric Beam
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper investigates the complicated dynamics behavior and the evolution law of the nonlinear vibrations of the simply supported laminated composite piezoelectric beam subjected to the axial load and the transverse load. ... -
Special Issue on Modeling and Control of Adaptive Dynamic Systems and Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The adaptation of engineered structures and systems to suit the working environment has historical precedents dating to da Vinci's sketches of regulating pumps and balancing devices [1]. Systems that respond to changing ... -
Comparison Between a Wideband Fractal Inspired and a Traditional Multicantilever Piezoelectric Energy Converter
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Harvesting energy from ambient vibrations in order to power autonomous sensors is a challenging issue. The aim of this work is to compare the power output from an innovative wideband fractalinspired piezoelectric converter ... -
Erratum: “Response Sensitivity and Its Assessment of Nonlinear Vibration Using Lateral–Torsional Coupling Model of Vehicle Transmission System†[Journal of Vibration Acoustics, 2015, 137(3), p. 031013; DOI: 10.1115/1.4029416]
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)