The period of vibration is a fundamental parameter in the force-based design of structures as this parameter defines the spectral acceleration and thus the base shear force to which the building should be designed. This paper takes a critical look at the way in which seismic design codes around the world have allowed the designer to estimate the period of vibration for use in both linear static...

We present a method for detecting anomalies in vibration signals of wind turbine components. The predominant characteristics of wind turbine vibration signals are extracted by applying a time-frequency feature extraction method based on Fourier local autocorrelation (FLAC) features. For anomaly detection, one-class classification based on an unsupervised clustering approach is applied in consid...

In this paper, a discrete-time frequency-shaped sliding mode control (FSSMC) is proposed for audio-vibration rejection in Hard Disk Drives (HDDs). Such vibrations cause significant degradation of the servo performance and have become a major concern in the HDD industry. The proposed FSSMC involves the frequency-shaped sliding surface design based on peak filters, aiming to provide frequency dep...

ABSTRCT: Elastic bearings have been used on simply supported bridges on high-speed railway in Taiwan to isolate train-induced vibration. However, their influence on dynamic behavior of the vehicle and bridge has not been fully investigated, and their vibration attenuation has not been quantificationally discussed. In this study, spring-damper elements with 12 degrees of freedom are established ...

We report results from a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based scheme for vibration sensing in combustion engines. The vibration sensing is carried out using a commercial high speed spectrometer. We compare the performance of the FBG sensor with commercial PZT-based sensors and find that the FBGs perform as well.

An extension diagnosis method based on the matter-element model and extended correlation function is presented for vibration fault diagnosis of steam turbine generators. First, the matter-element models of the vibration fault are built according to diagnostics derived from practical experience and then, vibration faults in steam-turbine generators can be directly identified by relation indices....

This article presents the use of the synchrosqueezing transform (SST) for the timefrequency analysis of shock and vibration measurements. The time-frequency resolution properties of SST is demonstrated by analyzing acceleration measurements from pallets dropped from heights and vibration of pallets acquired in controlled laboratory settings. The article presents results that indicate that SST, ...

Ultrasonic bonding has an increasing application in the micro assembly of polymeric micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) with high requirements for fusion precision. In the ultrasonic bonding process, the propagation of ultrasonic vibration in polymer components is related to the interfacial fusion, which can be used as a monitoring parameter to control ultrasonic energy. To study the vibrat...

There is strong evidence to suggest that acute indirect vibration acts on muscle to enhance force, power, flexibility, balance and proprioception suggesting neural enhancement. Nevertheless, the neural mechanism(s) of vibration and its potentiating effect have received little attention. One proposal suggests that spinal reflexes enhance muscle contraction through a reflex activity known as toni...

INTRODUCTION Low back pain/injuries due to occupational based vibration exposures can cause physical and emotional suffering as well as become a financial burden to the injured, industry and society [1]. Although there is conflicting evidence [2,3], some research has shown that vibration exposure has detrimental effects such as delayed muscular response and poor kinaesthesia [2]. Therefore, it ...