Vibrations Research Laboratory

Faculty:

• B. Feeny
• A. Haddow
• S. Shaw

Our particular strength lies in our ability to undertake non-standard vibration testing and to investigate unusual vibration phenomena using a combined experimental and theoretical approach. We also can do traditional vibration research, such as modal analysis and failure diagnostic studies.

Research Activities:

• Centrifugal pendulum vibration absorbers.
• Identification of chaotic systems.
• Nonlinear dynamics with friction.
• Squeak and rattle in automotive interiors.
• Nonlinear modal analysis.

Facilities:

• Computing -  power pc's, UNIX machines, Pentiums running Linux.
• Hardware - electrodynamic shakers, sensors and instrumentation, data acquisition systems.
• Mathematical software - Matlab, Mathematica, IMSL.
• DDA software - LabVIEW, Laboratory Workbench.
• Modeling software - I-DEAS Master series, Working Model.
• Analysis software - ABAQUS, Ansys, I-DEAS, Dyna-3d.
• Other software - IDL, PV-WAVE, AVS, DADisp.

Sources of Support:

• Army Research Office
• Ford Motor Company
• National Science Foundation

Contact:

• 2565 Engineering Building
• Telephone: 517-432-1085