Haptics research has seen several recent efforts at understanding and recreating real vibrations to improve the quality of haptic feedback in both virtual environments and teleoperation. To simplify the modeling process and enable the use of single-axis actuators, these previous efforts have used just one axis of a threedimensional vibration signal, even though the main vibration mechanorecepto...

In the present paper, the redial harmonic vibrations of hollow cylinders of orthotropic material as affected by the angular velocity are discussed on the basis of the linear theory of elasticity. The one-dimensional equation of elastodynamics has been solved in terms of radial displacement. Three different boundary conditions, the free, fixed and mixed ones are considered. The determination of ...

A simulation study of the coupled dynamics of amide I and amide II vibrations in an alpha-helix dissolved in water shows that two-dimensional (2D) infrared spectroscopy may be used to disentangle the energy transport along the helix through each of these modes from the energy relaxation between them. Time scales for both types of processes are obtained. Using polarization-dependent 2D spectrosc...

In this paper, we deal with the elastic vibrations of flexible structures modeled by the ‘standard linear model’ of viscoelasticity in n-dimensional space. We study the uniform exponential stabilization of such kind of vibrations after incorporating separately very small amount of passive viscous damping and internal material damping of Kelvin-Viogt type in the model. Explicit forms of exponent...

We investigate the in-line and cross-flow vortex-induced vibrations of a long cylindrical tensioned beam, with length to diameter ratio L/D=200, placed within a linearly sheared oncoming flow, using three-dimensional direct numerical simulation. The study is conducted at three Reynolds numbers, from 110 to 1100 based on maximum velocity, so as to include the transition to turbulence in the wake...

Objectives To investigate the snoring modes of patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome and to discover the main sources of snoring in soft tissue vibrations. Methods A three-dimensional finite element model was developed with SolidEdge to simulate the human upper airway. The inherent modal simulation was conducted to obtain the frequencies and the corresponding shapes of the s...

Lower dimensional models of shells are preferred in numerical computations to threedimensional models when the thickness of the shells is “very small”. A lot of work has been done on the lower dimensional approximation of boundary value and eigenvalue problem for elastic plates and shells (cf.[2], [3] [4], [5], [6], [8],[9]). Recently some work has been done on the lower dimensional approximati...

In the trichalcogenide family of compounds Zr& " Hf " S3 there is a frequency range where the optic modes are expected to be describable by a simple one-dimensional model. It is shown that the disorder-induced linewidth in the relevant frequency range could be consistent with theoretical calculations for a simple diatomic chain model. The vibrations involved are along the chain direction and ar...

A simple model shows how it is possible to create a gap in the vibrational spectrum of a one-dimensional lattice. The proposed model is a host-guest chain having, instead of point-like masses connected by spring, massive cages hosting particles inside. We imagine the cage as a rigid box containing a mass linked by a spring to the box inner wall. The presence of guests creates an energy gap in t...

The periodic wake flow past a bluff body immersed in moving fluid can be synchronized to the harmonic vibrations of body. A low-dimensional, phase-based analysis has been adopted uncover theoretical conditions necessary for synchronization between and oscillations. present methodology allows modifying transient features unsteady flows, thereby enabling online control aerodynamic forces on flyer...