... of a controllable experiment are presented and the advantages and drawbacks of the proposed approach are also discussed. The signed errors have been analyzed too, in order to individuate a pattern, but no patterns have been observed, which is reasonable being the natural frequencies uncorrelated...

... be increased by 175% with a single fold. With two folds, selective frequencies can be tuned, leaving others unchanged. The number of folds, their locations, and the fold angles act as tuning parameters that provide high sensitivity and controllability of the frequency response of the harvester. The analytical...

... Structural dynamics Control Friction-induced self-excited vibration has received significant attention by researchers as evidenced by the review articles [ 1 – 5 ]. Many engineering applications are subjected to frictional excitation, which may induce instability. Such instabilities vary from...

... [22] Grosveld , F. W. , Palumbo , D. L. , Klos , J. , and Castle , W. D. , 2006 , “ Finite Element Development of Honeycomb Panel Configurations With Improved Transmission Loss ,” 35th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering ( INTER-NOISE ), Honolulu, HI...

...Jonathan Salvi; Egidio Rizzi; Emiliano Rustighi; Neil S. Ferguson Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are typically introduced and calibrated as natural passive control devices for the vibration mitigation of the steady-state response of primary structures subjected to persistent excitations. Otherwise...

... to accurately predict wave propagation characteristics of nonlinear structures. This study can provide good support for engineering applications, such as sound and vibration control using tunable band gaps of nonlinear PCs. For a nontrivial solution of Eq. (81) to exist, we have (83) K ̃ − ω...

...Abdollah Javidialesaadi; Nicholas E. Wierschem In this study, a novel passive vibration control device, the three-element vibration absorber–inerter (TEVAI) is proposed. Inerter-based vibration absorbers, which utilize a mass that rotates due to relative translational motion, have recently been...

... and the experimental results are found to agree very well, in particular when deceleration is considered in the theoretical model. Modal analysis Structural dynamics Control The vibration of a bridge caused by a traveling vehicle has long been studied as a moving load problem [ 1 , 2 ]. Theoretical work...

... Dynamics Modal analysis Structural dynamics Control Dynamic strain response of the structure is of great concern for health monitoring of the structures under operating loads [ 1 – 3 ]. The inspection/testing/monitoring of the structure is a concern for its safety and potential damage...

.... Editor: A. Srikantha Phani. 18 04 2017 06 03 2018 Damping Materials Modal analysis Structural dynamics Vibration control Acoustics Control Topology optimization method has been employed to design flexible structures under static and dynamic loading. Although...

.../001872006777724417 [40] Liu , P. , 1999 , Analysis, Detection and Early Warning Control of Dynamic Rollover of Heavy Freight Vehicles , Concordia University , Montreal, QC, Canada . [41] ISO, 1995 , “Mechanical Vibration-Road Surface Profiles-Reporting of Measured Data,” International...

... Dynamics: For Vibration Control, Energy Harvesting and Sensing , Wiley , Chichester, UK . [15] Virgin , L. N. , 1985 , “ The Dynamics of Symmetric Post-Buckling ,” Int. J. Mech. Sci. , 27 ( 4 ), pp. 235 – 248 . 10.1016/0020-7403(85)90082-7 [16] Tang , B. , and Brennan , M. J...

... , “ Vibration Control With State-Switched Piezoelectric Materials ,” J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. , 11 ( 4 ), pp. 263 – 271 . 10.1106/18CE-77K4-DYMG-RKBB [23] Richard , C. , Guyomar , D. , Audigier , D. , and Ching , G. , 1999 , “ Semi-Passive Damping Using Continuous Switching...

... manuscript received February 27, 2018; published online April 16, 2018. Assoc. Editor: John Judge. 15 08 2016 27 02 2018 Structural dynamics Vibration control Control Mistuning in a bladed rotor vibration, which refers to blade to blade variations in modal properties, has been...

... AND A COUSTICS . Manuscript received October 13, 2017; final manuscript received January 24, 2018; published online March 30, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Maurizio Porfiri. 13 10 2017 24 01 2018 Dynamics Structural dynamics Vibration control Control Uncertainty is inherent and unavoidable...

... field gradient in the beam, so that internal stresses can be induced and applied to distributed actuations. The dynamic control effectiveness of the beam is investigated with a mathematical model and is validated by laboratory experiments. Analyses show that the actuation stress induced by the converse...

...Yuan-Guang Zheng; Jing-Wen Huang; Ya-Hui Sun; Jian-Qiao Sun The building structural vibration control by an active mass damper (AMD) with delayed acceleration feedback is studied. The control is designed with a multi-objective optimal approach. The stable region in a parameter space of the control...

... extra rotational degrees-of-freedom while providing accurate results. The UV light-activated frequency control of LaSMP fully and partially laminated beam and plate structures based on the IGA is presented in this study. For the analysis of LaSMP partially laminated plates, the finite cell approach...

... solutions indicate that the increased transmission wave displacement amplitude and reduced stress amplitude can be controlled by the impedance mismatch of the adjacent layers of the layered structure. Unlike the constant physical properties of materials used in conventional structures, the effective mass...

.... The present results are validated via comparisons with those in the literature. Parametric studies are conducted to investigate the effect of variable control parameters on the nonlinear frequency and the frequency response curves. The findings are promising and open a horizon for future opportunities...