Dynamics & Vibration Research Group

Tea-Time Talks

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

Michaelmas Term 2007

5 October Introductory session for new students
12 October Active Control of Coupled Structural-Acoustic Systems
Tom Kaizuka (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Some Strange but True Properties of Frequency Response Functions
Professor Robin Langley (CUED)
19 October A Diffusion Model of Vibrational Energy Flow in Large Structures
Nick Wolff (University of Illinois)
How Repeatable is Brake Squeal?
Tore Butlin (CUED)
26 October A Brief Introduction to Kane's Dynamics, with Application to Two Vibration Problems
David Hampton (Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, U. S. Military Academy West Point)
2 November Reliability Analysis of Offshore Structures in Spreading Seas
Yahui Zhang (CUED)
An Analysis of Energy-Efficient Road Transport
Professor David Cebon (CUED)
9 November Integrated Coursework
Aidan Reilly (CUED)
16 November Mechanics Colloquium - 2:30pm in LR6
Mono-Monostatic Bodies: the Story of the Gömböc
Professor Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics),
30 November Mechanics Colloquium - 2:30pm in LR6
Future Directions in Structural Dynamics
Professor David Ewins (University of Bristol)
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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