Dynamics & Vibration Research Group

Tea-Time Talks

On Fridays at 4.00 pm in Lecture Room 11 (unless otherwise stated)
at the Engineering Department (map)

Easter Term 2007


27 April Mechanics Colloquium - 2:30pm in LR6
Adhesive Contact of Elastic Solids... with just a Trace of Viscoelasticity
Jim Greenwood and Ken Johnson (CUED)
4 May Why is Brake Squeal so Twitchy?
Tore Butlin (CUED)
Surprising Discoveries in Violin Playing
Claudia Fritz (CUED)
11 May Mechanics Colloquium - 2:30pm in LR6
Inverse Methods for Pole-Zero Assignment in Vibration Suppression by Passive Modification and Active Control
John Mottershead (Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool)
Field Operational Tests of Advanced Driver Support Systems
Chris Winkler (University of Michigan)
18 May Modelling of Floating-Slab Tracks with Discontinuous Slabs in Underground Railway Tunnels
Mohammed Hussein (University of Nottingham)
25 May Driver Steering Control Law Development and Validation
Steve Keen (CUED)
A Neuromuscular Model for Driver Simulation
Will Hoult (CUED)
1 June Vibration Control Using Periodic Structural Building Blocks
Mahmoud Hussein (CUED)
8 June Mechanics Colloquium - 2:30pm in LR3B
Walking with Sticky Feet: Biomechanics of Surface Attachment in Insects
Walter Federle (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)
15 June Dynamics and Vibration Poster Session - 2pm in LR4
All visitors are welcome
but those without official department badges must
report to Reception on arrival
Inquiries to Tore Butlin Dynamics & Vibration Research Office (DVRO)

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