Wet friction clutches play a critical role in vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions. It is unavoidable that they progressively degrade and eventually break down while the vehicles are under operational condition. To avoid unexpected failures, a proper condition monitoring tool extended with a lifetime prediction method should be implemented. In order to achieve this, appropriate parame...

Microwave spectroscopy is a very accurate method to determine the potential barrier restricting the rotation of a methyl group [1 —3] . The finite barrier hindering internal rotation normally splits each rotational line into two components. This splitting depends strongly on the height of the barrier. Generally the barrier is determined from the splittings in the ground torsional state. But for...

We report the first direct observation of the hydrogen-bond stretching vibration for a water cluster. A perpendicular band of ~D2O!3 was measured by terahertz laser vibration–rotation–tunneling spectroscopy at 142.8 cm in the ‘‘translational band’’ region of the liquid corresponding to the hindered translational motions of water molecules. We have tentatively assigned the spectrum to transition...

In this paper, the effects of transverse cracks on rotating shaft are studied. According to earlier works, crack shaft failure decrease the critical speed of the shaft and also exhibit a nonlinear vibration behaviour leading to increases the amplitude of 1X and 2X harmonics (first and second order of rotational speed in torsional vibration). This suggests that the application of order analysis ...

Elastic waves exhibit rich polarization characteristics absent in acoustic and electromagnetic waves. By designing a solid elastic metamaterial based on three-dimensional anisotropic locally resonant units, here we experimentally demonstrate polarization bandgaps together with exotic properties such as 'fluid-like' elasticity. We construct elastic rods with unusual vibrational properties, which...

Out-of-plane and in-plane free vibrations of angle-ply and cross-ply laminated composite beams with different boundary conditions are studied. The effect of fiber angle on out-of-plane bending, torsional, in-plane bending, and axial natural frequencies are investigated separately. The beam is modeled and analyzed by the finite element method (FEM). The finite element software package ANSYS is u...