Topics in Modal Analysis II, Volume 6 Proceedings of the 30th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2012

1 Multibody Dynamic Simulation of the Lunar Landing 2 Experimental and Numerical Approaches on Behavior of GLARE 5 Beams: Influences of Thickness and Stacking Sequence 3 A Spectrally Preconditioned Iterative Reduced Correction Algorithm for Vibro-acoustic Problems 4 Numerical and Experimental Study of Local Cell Resonators to Obtain Low-Frequency Vibrational Stopbands in Periodic Lightweight Structures 5 Identification of Material Parameters in Biot’s Model by the Homogenization Method 6 Piezoaeroelastic Typical Section for Wind Energy Harvesting 7 Nonlinear Testing and Models Comparison of Magneto-Mechanical Energy Scavengers 8 A Closed Form Solution to the Early-Time Underwater Explosion (UNDEX) Response of a Rectangular Air-Backed Ship Hull Panel 9 Passive Vibration Isolation and Absorber System for Earth Imaging from the International Space Station (ISS) 10 Pseudovelocity Modal Stress Velocity Proportionality 11 Numerical Modeling of One-Dimensional Wave Propagation in Non-Homogeneous Materials 12 Stiffness and Damping Characterisation for a Hydraulic Engine Mount 13 Characterization of Bio-Inspired Synthetic Hair Cell Sensors 14 Comparison of Noise Floors of Various Torsional Vibration Sensors 15 Identification of Wheel-Rail Contact Forces Based on Strain Measurement and Finite Element Model of the Rolling Wheel 16 Damage Detection in Steel Structures Using Bayesian Calibration Techniques 17 Modeshapes Recognition Using Fourier Descriptors: A Simple SHM Example 18 Fuzzy Cluster Analysis Methods Applied to Impedance Based Structural Health Monitoring for Damage Classification 19 Blade Bearing Friction Estimation of Operating Wind Turbines 20 3D Motion Analysis of Cycling Biodynamics for Setup, Efficency and Prevention of Insuries 21 Designing an Experiment Inspired by Cochlea for Travelling Waves Observation 22 In Vivo Measurement of the Human Thorax and Abdomen Surface Using Laser Vibrometry: A New Diagnostic Tool? 23 Use of Non Contact Radar Techniques to Dynamics Measurement Purposes 24 Selection of Reference Locations for Modal Testing 25 Evaluation of a Long Term Viable Dynamic Data Archive Format 26 Using High-Speed Stereophotogrammetry Techniques to Extract Shape Information from Wind Turbine/Rotor Operating Data 27 Surface Stitching of a Wind Turbine Blade Using Digital Image Correlation 28 Modal Testing Using Tracking-Interferometers 29 A Scenario-Based Damage Identification Framework 30 Bridge Scour Assessment Using Curvature of Horizontally Displaced Mode Shapes 31 Environmental Effects on Torsional Vibration Feature Health Monitoring 32 Experimental Damage Diagnosis of a Model Three-Story Spatial Frame 33 Detection of Shaft Cracks Using Vibration Signature Analysis 34 Separation of Sine and Random Components from Vibration Measurements 35 Post-Earthquake Damage Detection in Instrumented Buildings Using Identified Dissipated Energy 36 Ultrasonic Vibration Method for Damage Detection in Composite Aircraft Components 37 Reliability of Dynamically Measured Flexibility Matrix on Damage Detection of Frame Structures 38 Wavelet Based Mode Shape Analysis for Damage Detection 39 Application of FE Model Updating for Damage Assessment of FRP Composite Beam Structure 40 An Examination of Some Aspects of Factor Analysis in Damage Detection 41 The Use of Continuous System Identification for Evaluation of Concrete E-Modulus Evolution: Laboratory and Field Applications 42 Temperature Effect on Ballistic Impact of Woven Graphite/Epoxy Composites 43 Spatial Noise Component Identification Based on Different Vibro-Acoustic Data Sets 44 Improving Test Rig Performance Using Passive Components 45 Continuous Scanning LDV by Signal Re-sampling Method: A New Signal Processing Approach 46 Design of High Impedance Test Rig for Composite Structures Vibration Measurements 47 Technique to Measure the Dynamic Behavior of Road Bike Wheels 48 Sensor Nodes for the Dynamic Assessment of Alpine Skis 49 The Use of Stereo-Photogrammetry to Precisely Determine 3D-Positions, Motions and Deformations on Sports Equipment 50 Experimental Assessment of Bobsleigh Dynamics and Ice-Skate Contact Forces 51 Instrumented Rowing Machine for Optimized Training 52 An Experimental Study of Climbers Performances Based on Hand-Grip Force Measurement 53 Structural Analysis of the Effects of Wing Payload Pods on Small UAS 54 Response of Nuclear Containment Structure to Aircraft Crash 55 Application of Analytical Methods for Advanced Flight Flutter Test 56 A Novel Modal Combination Rule Under Multi-component Ground Motion 57 A Dynamic Model Tailored to Flexible Launch Vehicle Umbilical Analysis 58 A Novel Optimization Strategy for Command Shaping Control 59 Sensitivities of Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors from Complex Perturbations 60 A Review of Uncertainty Quantification of Estimation of Frequency Response Functions 61 Variability Improvement of Key Inaccurate Node Groups: VIKING 62 A Reduced Model Approximation Approach Using Model Updating Methodologies 63 Passive Noise Reduction Using the Modally Enhanced Dynamic Absorber 64 Identifying the Modes Excited in a Tennis Racket by a Forehand Drive 65 The Benefits of Duffing-type Nonlinearities and Electrical Optimisation of a Randomly Excited Energy Harvester 66 Nonlinear Structural Identification of a Three-Story Infilled Frame Using Instantaneous Modal Parameters; Erratum.

Biography

R. Allemang, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA. J. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA. C. Niezrecki, University Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, USA. J.R. Blough, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA.