Scope

The Structural Acoustics & Vibration Technical Committee includes the study of motions and interactions of mechanical systems with their environments and the methods of their measurement, analysis, and control. Principal topics considered are:

• Responses of mechanical systems to dynamic excitations,
• Instrumentation, including calibration techniques, for measurement and analysis of shock and vibration,
• Resonances of structures,
• Damping and internal friction,
• Isolation of mechanical systems from shock and vibration,
• Mechanical impedance (mobility),
• Modal analysis,
• Simulation of environmental factors,
• Development and application of analytical techniques,
• Active control of structural acoustics and vibration.

Chair

Dean E. Capone
Applied Research Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
0300 Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel
University Park, PA 16802