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Damping of flexure blades based on bi-material additive manufacturing

Simon Nessim Henein, Florent Cosandier, Nicolas Blondiaux, Elias Sebastian Klauser, Loïc Benoît Tissot-Daguette, Nikola Kalentics, Lisa Salamin, Florent Alexandre Boudoire

Flexure-based mechanisms have become state-of-the-art solutions for the design of high-precision mechanisms, free from friction wear, backlash, and lubrication. These properties which are necessary for applications in ultraclean or harsh environments, neve ...

2023

Vibrational NDT with Under-sampled Data through Physics-informed Neural Networks

Olga Fink

The vibrational response of solid materials and structural components is substantially governed by their mechanical and geometrical properties. Low-frequency vibrations and modal frequencies are sensitive to global geometrical deviations, while high-freque ...

2023

Domain knowledge-informed synthetic fault sample generation with health data map for cross-domain planetary gearbox fault diagnosis

Olga Fink, Jongmoon Ha

Extensive research has been conducted on fault diagnosis of planetary gearboxes using vibration signals and deep learning (DL) approaches. However, DL-based methods are susceptible to the domain shift problem caused by varying operating conditions of the g ...

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2023

An Inertial Uni-Axial Interferometer-Based Accelerometer for Harsh Environments

Mark Edward John Butcher, Gerard Aliana Cervera

For high-impact devices, subsequent vibrations have as much influence on the deterioration of the mechanical structure as the impact itself. To mitigate the consequences of both impacts and resulting vibrations, it is crucial to accurately understand the p ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Novel Generalised Notch Filter for Harmonic Vibration Suppression in Magnetic Bearing Systems

Yves Perriard, Leopoldo Rossini, Guzmán Borque Gallego, Douglas Martins Araujo

Magnetic bearings represent an important alternative to conventional ball bearings for applications that require very low noise and vibrations. The absence of contact and friction between rotor and stator parts, combined with the use of active vibration co ...

2021

Seismic control performance of a three-story frame prototype equipped with semi-active variable stiffness and damping structural joints

Gennaro Senatore

This paper presents numerical and experimental studies on semi-active seismic response control of structures equipped with variable stiffness and damping structural joints. Such adaptive joints, which are comprised of a shape memory polymer (SMP) core rein ...

WILEY2021

Scanning SQUID microscopy in a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator

Philip Johannes Walter Moll, Maja Deborah Bachmann

We report a scanning superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscope in a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator with a base temperature at the sample stage of at least 30 mK. The microscope is rigidly mounted to the mixing chamber plate to opti ...

2021

Vibration Suppression Through Variable Stiffness and Damping Structural Joints

Gennaro Senatore

This paper introduces a new semi-active strategy for vibration control of truss and frame structures equipped with variable stiffness and damping joints which consist of a shape memory polymer (SMP) core reinforced by an SMP-aramid composite skin. When the ...

2020

Model-based interpretation of floor vibrations for indoor occupant tracking

Ian Smith, Yves Sylvain Gilles Reuland, Slah Drira

Information regarding occupant flows inside buildings is beneficial for applications such as thermal-load control, market research and security enhancement. Existing methodologies for occupant tracking involve data-driven techniques that rely either on rad ...

2019

Knee Implant Loosening Detection: A Vibration Analysis Investigation

Kamiar Aminian, Hossein Rouhani, Arash Arami

Knee implant loosening is mainly caused by the weakness of the prosthesis-bone interface and is the main reason for surgical revisions. However, pre-operative diagnosis is difficult due to lack of accurate tests. In this study, we developed a vibration-bas ...

Springer Verlag2018

Research on modal vibration suppression of maglev steel strip based on phase compensator

Yuanping Xu

In the process of vibration suppression of hot galvanized steel strip by using maglev technology, the flexible modal vibration control of steel strip is a challenging problem. Aiming at this problem, this paper proposes a phase compensation control algorit ...

2018

Body vibration and its transmission in alpine ski racing

Kamiar Aminian, Benedikt Fasel

The aim of the study was to quantify the vibrations occurring at the lower limbs and the trunk during alpine ski racing. Four European Cup level athletes skied each three runs on a typical giant slalom course. For each turn, power spectral density (PSD) of ...

2016

Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Aeroelastic Stability of Blade Pair Packages

Peter Ott, Achim Zanker

The stabilizing effect of grouping rotor blades in pairs has been assessed both, numerically and experimentally. The bending and torsion modes of a low aspect ratio high speed turbine cascade tested in the non-rotating test facility at EPFL (Ecole Polytech ...

ASME2014

Experimental Aeroelastic Investigation of Vibrating Turbine Blade Clusters

Peter Ott, Achim Zanker

The presented work consists of the presentation and discussion of unsteady experimental results of controlled vibration measurements for two single-blade and two cluster test cases subjected to the same subsonic flow conditions. The experiments were perfor ...

Lappeenranta University of Technology2013

Single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with polydiphenylamine as active materials for applications in the supercapacitors field

Arnaud Magrez

Composites based on polydiphenylamine (PDPA) doped with heteropolyanions of H3PW12O40 and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were prepared by electrochemical polymerization of diphenylamine (DPA) on carbon nanotube films deposited onto Pt electrodes. H ...

Elsevier Science Sa2013

Shear Thickening Fluid Impregnated Foam Composites for Vibration Control and Impact Protection

Mathieu Soutrenon

Highly concentrated suspensions of silica particles present shear thickening properties, shifting from a low to a high viscosity state, instantly and reversibly at a critical shear rate. Their viscosity increases by up to 3 orders of magnitude, changing fr ...

EPFL2013

Adaptive Vibration Suppression System: An Iterative Control Law for a Piezoelectric Actuator Shunted by a Negative Capacitor

Pavel Mokry, Tomas Sluka

An adaptive system for the suppression of vibration transmission using a single piezoelectric actuator shunted by a negative capacitance circuit is presented. It is known that by using a negative-capacitance shunt, the spring constant of a piezoelectric ac ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2012

Dynamic behavior and vibration control of a tensegrity structure

Ian Smith, Nizar Bel Hadj Ali

Tensegrities are lightweight space reticulated structures composed of cables and struts. Stability is provided by the self-stress state between tensioned and compressed elements. Tensegrity systems have in general low structural damping, leading to challen ...

Elsevier2010

Cavitation in Kármán Vortices and Flow Induced Vibrations

François Avellan, Mohamed Farhat, Philippe Ausoni

The shedding process of the Kármán vortices at the trailing edge of a 2D hydrofoil at high Reynolds numbers is investigated. The focus is put on the effect of the cavitation on the vortex street morphology. A direct insight is also provided on the role of ...

2006

Influence of mechanical mistuning on the forced response of a turbine cascade

Arrigo Beretta

An experimental investigation has been conducted in the non-rotating annular test facility of the "Laboratoire de Thermique Appliquée et de Turbomachines" (LTT), "École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne" (EPFL). The influence of frequency mistuning and mo ...

EPFL2006