This paper focuses on the relation between the vibration modes of mechanical systems and the modes computed through a blind source separation technique called independent component analysis (ICA). For free and random vibrations of weakly damped systems, a one-to-one relationship between the vibration modes and the ICA modes is demonstrated using the concept of virtual source. Based on this theo...

The influence of random vibrations on the performance of a dynamic phase-shifting speckle pattern interferometer is investigated by means of experiments and numerical simulations. Two aspects are evaluated: first, temporal unwrapping reliability, second, vibration-induced phase noise. The former is found to be a significant constraint, even for peak velocities well below the Nyquist velocity li...

The electrical arc furnace (EAF) load is the largest load in power systems. Since electromechanical interactions between electrical loads and turbine-generator are seldom discussed, this paper investigates the torsional vibrations in turbine-generator shafts and blades subject to real and reactive power variations from a large-scale EAF plant. The transient power fluctuation of the load is rand...

The relative motion between the surface of an object and our fingers produces patterns of skin deformation such as stretch, indentation, and vibrations. In this study, we hypothesized that motion-induced vibrations are combined with other tactile cues for the discrimination of tactile speed. Specifically, we hypothesized that vibrations provide a critical cue to tactile speed on surfaces lackin...

Dallmann CJ, Ernst MO, Moscatelli A. The role of vibration in tactile speed perception. J Neurophysiol 114: 3131–3139, 2015. First published September 30, 2015; doi:10.1152/jn.00621.2015.—The relative motion between the surface of an object and our fingers produces patterns of skin deformation such as stretch, indentation, and vibrations. In this study, we hypothesized that motion-induced vibra...

Local Vibrations represent one of the most critical parameters for the comfort evaluation on board of the ship. Normally a limit value of vibration is defined in the ship specification and the shipyard has the responsibility to assure that the specified values are not exceeded. Depending mainly on the extension, vibration phenomena could be divided in Global Hull vibrations and local vibrations...

How and where the brain forms associations between sensation and action are crucial questions in the field of cognitive neuroscience. In this issue of Neuron, add to an already impressive body of work elucidating the neural mechanisms responsible for forming categorical decisions about vibrotactile stimuli that guide behavior. Here they show that single neurons in premotor cortex represent, rem...

A method for analysis of essentially nonlinear vibrations of cyclically symmetric structure has been developed. Two major cases are analysed: (i) steady-state periodic multiharmonic vibrations; (ii) transient vibrations. The method allows exact calculation of the essentially nonlinear vibrations to be performed using a model for only one period of the cyclic symmetry. A rigorously proof of poss...

During courtship, individuals transfer information about identity, mating status and quality. However, male web-building spiders face a significant problem: how to begin courting female spiders without being mistaken for prey? Male Argiope spiders generate distinctive courtship vibrations (shudders) when entering a female's web. We tested whether courtship shudders delay female predatory behavi...