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 ...

This work presents development of an oxygen-based diode laser absorption sensor designed to be used in a supersonic combustion ramjet engine inlet. The sensor uses free-space propagation of light from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) to determine the temperature, velocity and angle of attack of an engine inlet in hypersonic flow. The report outlines the method of calculating the...

The aim of this study was to determine whether performing Tai Chi Chuan on a customized vibration platform could enhance balance control and lower extremity muscle power more efficiently than Tai Chi Chuan alone in an untrained young population. Forty-eight healthy young adults were randomly assigned to the following three groups: a Tai Chi Chuan combined with vibration training group (TCV), a ...

Aim of this study was to determine sensitivity and specificity of the mastoid vibration test in patients who had suffered an attack of vestibular neuritis. Results were compared with the caloric test and two bedside tests of vestibular function (head shaking test and head thrust test). Results are reported in 28 patients who had a residual vestibular deficit 6 months after acute neuritis and in...

In the radio communications industry, one major problem is the vibration induced on to a frequency standard. The most commonly used frequency standard is the crystal oscillator; as the crystal oscillator gets vibrated with varying force and frequencies of vibration the phase noise of the signal changes. As the phase noise increases, the signal to noise ratio decreases causing the likelihood of ...

This article presents a vibration diagnostic method designed for Permanent Magnets (PM) electrical machines–traction motors and generators. Those machines are commonly used in traction drives of electrical vehicles and small wind or water systems. The described method is very innovative and unique. Specific structural properties of machines excited by permanent magnets are used in this method e...

Numerical design optimization is a powerful tool that can be used by engineers during any stage of the design process. There are many different applications for structural optimization. A specific application that will be discussed in the following paper is experimental data matching. Data obtained through tests on a physical structure will be matched with data from a numerical model of that sa...

In this paper we analyze the numerical approximation of an active vibration control problem of a Timoshenko beam. In order to avoid locking, we focus on the finite element method used to compute the beam vibration, to minimize it. Optimal order error estimates are obtained for the control variable, which is the amplitude of secondary forces modeled as Dirac’s delta distributions. These estimate...