Structural Dynamics & Acoustic Systems Lab Presents at 34th International Modal Analysis Conference

02/03/2016
By Amy Allen

The SDASL Lab attended the 34th International Modal Analysis Conference where 10 students presented papers along with other papers and presentations by faculty. The papers spanned a wide range of topics currently under development in the SDASL for funded and unfunded projects including Eglin Air Force on Nonlinear Response Analysis, NSF Sustainable Energy Pathway for Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing, NSF CMMI funded Novel Acoustics-based Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades and Hyundai Motor Company Supported Automatic Transmission Dynamics and Noise Performance Development. Many attendees noted the high caliber of research and especially the quality student presentations at the conference. The SDASL always makes a significant set of presentations at this international conference every year. Below is the group pictured at one event with 9 current UML SDASL students along with recent graduates, alumni and faculty.
The papers presented for the Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference were:
1. “Developments in the Prediction of Full Field Dynamics for the Nonlinear Forced Response of Reduced Order System Models”, S.Obando, P.Avitabile, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
2. “Improving mass sensitivity technique to scale operating deflection shapes”, P.Poozesh; D.Sabino, C.Niezrecki, P.Avitabile, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
3. “Design of Scaled-Down Composite I-beams for Dynamic Characterization in Subcomponent Testing of a Wind Turbine Blade”, M.EydaniAsl1, C.Niezrecki, J.Sherwood,, P.Avitabile, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
4. “A Study on the Dynamic Interaction of Shock Response Fixtures and Test Payload”, J.Reyes, P.Avitabile, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
5. “Calibration of Non-Contacting Force Excitation, Part 1: Frequency Domain Methods”, P.Logan, P.Avitabile, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
6. “Calibration of Non-Contacting Force Excitation, Part 2: Time Domain Approaches”, T.Dardeno, P.Avitabile, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
7. “Experimental Mapping of the Acoustic Field Generated by Ultrasonic Transducers”, S.Chen, C.Niezrecki, P.Avitabile, P.Logan, T.Dardeno, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
8. “Development of an Acoustic Sensing Based Structural Health Monitoring Technique for Wind Turbine Blades”, R. Canturk, M. Inalpolat, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
9. “A Design Framework to Improve the Dynamic Characteristics of Double Planet Planetary Gearsets”, D. Fyler, M. Inalpolat, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
10. “Statistical Modeling of Wavelet-Transform-Based Features in Structural Health Monitoring”, A. Sarrafi, Z. Mao, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb 2016
along with a 1.5 hour tutorial given by Peter Avitabile on Experimental Modal Testing with Dagny Joffre and Patrick Logan.