... of the plate. Forces and moments of the plate, due to large vibration amplitudes, are developed in this paper by solving the governing equations for harmonic vibrations. Corresponding results are illustrated in the case of steady-state free vibration. The results show that the variation of volume fraction...

...-civil-engineering applications. More importantly, the unique properties of SMAs appear to provide a means of reducing vibration response of a structure during seismic events, although further research is needed in order to determine methods to increase the damping capacity of SMAs and reduce...

...El Hassan Boutyour; El Mostafa Daya; Lahcen Azrar; Michel Potier-Ferry In this paper, we deal with the nonlinear vibration of viscoelastic shell structures. Coupling an approximated harmonic balance method with one mode Galerkin’s procedure, one obtains an amplitude equation depending on two...

...A. Budipriyanto; A. S. J. Swamidas; M. R. Haddara In this paper we discuss the results of experimental and numerical studies carried out for monitoring the integrity of a 1 ∕ 20 th model of the side shell of a ship’s structure, using its vibration responses. The model was tested for different crack...

...Tommy J. George; M.-H. Herman Shen; Onome Scott-Emuakpor; Theodore Nicholas; Charles J. Cross; Jeffrey Calcaterra A new vibration-based fatigue testing methodology for assessing high-cycle turbine engine material fatigue strength at various stress ratios is presented. The idea is to accumulate...

.... The effect of the presence of germanium particles in the aluminium matrix is of interest and can be studied in terms of variation in overall damping property, which signifies the internal friction arising at the matrix-particle interface. Damping was measured using an impact-based vibration measurement...

...Eduard R. Oberaigner; Franz D. Fischer; Kikuaki Tanaka Vibration damping through phase transformation is one major area of application of shape memory alloys in smart systems and structures. The authors of this study have shown in earlier publications, how damping of vibrating rods can...

...Ronald F. Gibson, Fellow ASME; Yu Chen; Hui Zhao It is shown that, under certain conditions, simultaneous improvement of vibration damping capacity and interlaminar fracture toughness in composite laminates can be achieved by using polymeric interleaves between the composite laminae. The specific...