Professor Robin S Langley

• BSc, University of Leicester, 1978
• MSc, Cranfield Institute of Technology,1981
• PhD, Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1983

• 1984-1991 Lecturer in Structural Dynamics, Cranfield Institute of Technology
• 1991-1995 Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Structures, University of Southampton
• 1995-1998 Professor of Structural Dynamics, University of Southampton

• Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
• Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications
• Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society
• Chartered Engineer

• Structural dynamics of offshore, aerospace, and automotive systems
• Noise and vibration control
• Statistical energy analysis
• Elastic wave propagation in built-up structures
• The effect of uncertainties on system performance ("random structures")

• Dynamics and Vibration

1. Full list of publications ....
1. Langley, R. S. "A general derivation of the statistical energy analysis equations for coupled dynamic systems". J. Sound and Vibration, 135, pp 499-608, 1989.
2. Langley, R. S. "A survey of analysis methods for dynamic response." Prepared for the Engineering Science Data Unit, 1996. Now ESDU Data Item 97033.
3. Langley, R. S. "The response of two-dimensional periodic structures to impulsive point loading". J. Sound and Vibration, 201, pp 235-253, 1997.
4. Langley, R. S. and Bremner, P. G. "A hybrid method for the vibration analysis of complex structural-acoustic systems. J. Acoustical Society of America, 105, pp 1657-1671, 1999.
5. Langley, R. S. "A non-Poisson model for the vibration analysis of uncertain dynamic systems". Proc. Roy. Soc., Series A, 455, pp 3325-3349, 1999.

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