The vibrations of elastic structures such as strings, beams, and plates can be described in terms of waves traveling in waveguides (Cremer et al., 1973; Graff, 1975; Fahy, 1987). While the subject of wave propagation has been extensively studied in the fields of acoustics in fluids and solids rather than vibrations of elastic structures, wave analysis techniques have been employed to reveal phy...

Currently, the interest in monitoring the vibration of dynamical systems has been increasing. For example, large and complex air and space structures include vibration monitoring systems to forecast sudden failures. Such vibration monitoring is used to diagnose structural health by analyzing vibration characteristics (such as frequency and amplitude). Among the vibration characteristics used, t...

The forced vibration of the 2D NASA flutter compressor cascade is numerically simulated in full scale with parallel computation technique. The compressor cascade consists of 9 blades bounded by 2 wind tunnel side walls. The implicit line Gauss-Seidel iteration with dual time stepping is employed. The turbulence is modeled with the Baldwin-Lomax model. A newly developed high resolution efficient...

Analytical solutions are attractive for parametric studies and consideration of the problems physics. In addition, analytical solutions can be employed as a reference framewo...

We successfully synthesized a family of alginate/polyacrylamide hydrogels using various multivalent cations. These hydrogels exhibit exceptional mechanical properties. In particular, we discovered that the hydrogels cross-linked by trivalent cations are much stronger than those cross-linked by divalent cations. We demonstrate stretchability and toughness of the hydrogels by inflating a hydrogel...

With the recent advances in computer technology and digital simulation software, it is now possible to rapidly and accurately build computer models for complex linear and nonlinear dynamic systems. MATLAB is a unique system that can be used for structural and earthquake engineering problems. This study presents MATLAB tools developed for numerical process of all steps of dynamic vibration test ...

Tests that allow the precise determination of psychophysical thresholds for vibration and grating orientation provide valuable information about mechanosensory function that are relevant for clinical diagnosis as well as for basic research. Here, we describe two psychophysical tests designed to determine the vibration detection threshold (automated system) and tactile spatial acuity (handheld d...

This paper describes the development of a Retrievable Subsurface Accelerometer (RSA) for the NSF George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) project at UCLA. The RSA was developed to obtain subsurface vibration data during forced-vibration experiments and aftershock events. The RSA can be rapidly installed using a CPT truck and subsequently retrieved using structu...