Search Results - "Neild, Simon A"

Passive vibration control: a structure–immittance approach by Zhang, Sara Ying, Jiang, Jason Zheng, Neild, Simon A.

“…Linear passive vibration absorbers, such as tuned mass dampers, often contain springs, dampers and masses, although recently there has been a growing trend to…”
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Assessing the effect of nonlinearities on the performance of a tuned inerter damper by Gonzalez‐Buelga, Alicia, Lazar, Irina F., Jiang, Jason Z., Neild, Simon A., Inman, Daniel J.

“…Summary In this paper, the use of a tuned inerter damper (TID) as a vibration absorber is studied numerically and experimentally, with civil engineering…”
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Measurement of the ultrasonic nonlinearity of kissing bonds in adhesive joints by Yan, Dawei, Drinkwater, Bruce W., Neild, Simon A.

“…This paper presents a study of the detectability of kissing bonds in adhesive joints using an ultrasonic inspection technique to measure nonlinearity. Kissing…”
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Personalised profiling to identify clinically relevant changes in tremor due to multiple sclerosis by Western, David G, Neild, Simon A, Jones, Rosemary, Davies-Smith, Angela

“…There is growing interest in sensor-based assessment of upper limb tremor in multiple sclerosis and other movement disorders. However, previously such…”
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Supporting brace sizing in structures with added linear viscous fluid dampers: A filter design solution by Londoño, Julián M., Wagg, David J., Neild, Simon A.

“…SUMMARY Viscous fluid dampers have proved to be effective in suppressing unwanted vibrations in a range of engineering structures. When dampers are fitted in a…”
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Dynamic analysis and performance evaluation of nonlinear inerter-based vibration isolators by Yang, Jian, Jiang, Jason Zheng, Neild, Simon A.

“…This paper investigates a nonlinear inertance mechanism (NIM) for vibration mitigation and evaluates the performance of nonlinear vibration isolators employing…”
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A noniterative design procedure for supplemental brace-damper systems in single-degree-of-freedom systems by Londoño, Julián M., Neild, Simon A., Wagg, David J.

“…SUMMARY In this paper, a method for designing supplemental brace–damper systems in single‐degree‐of‐freedom (SDOF) structures is presented. We include the…”
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Comparison of the dynamic performance of nonlinear one and two degree-of-freedom vibration isolators with quasi-zero stiffness by Wang, Yong, Li, Shunming, Neild, Simon A., Jiang, Jason Zheng

“…Nonlinear stiffness isolation mounts, which offer a high static stiffness alongside a low dynamic stiffness or even quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) over a…”
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Indirect reduced-order modelling: using nonlinear manifolds to conserve kinetic energy by Nicolaidou, Evangelia, Hill, Thomas L., Neild, Simon A.

“…Nonlinear dynamic analysis of complex engineering structures modelled using commercial finite element (FE) software is computationally expensive. Indirect…”
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Numerical Continuation of Limit Cycle Oscillations and Bifurcations in High-Aspect-Ratio Wings by Eaton, Andrew, Howcroft, Chris, Coetzee, Etienne, Neild, Simon, Lowenberg, Mark, Cooper, Jonathan

“…This paper applies numerical continuation techniques to a nonlinear aeroelastic model of a highly flexible, high-aspect-ratio wing. Using continuation, it is…”
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Identification of backbone curves of nonlinear systems from resonance decay responses by Londoño, Julián M., Neild, Simon A., Cooper, Jonathan E.

“…Backbone curves can offer valuable insight into the behaviour of nonlinear systems along with significant information about any coupling between the underlying…”
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Using continuation analysis to identify shimmy-suppression devices for an aircraft main landing gear by Li, Yuan, Howcroft, Chris, Neild, Simon A., Jiang, Jason Zheng

“…This paper considers several passive shimmy-suppression devices for a dual-wheel main landing gear (MLG) and proposes a method of selecting the device…”
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Global crack detection using bispectral analysis by Hillis, Andrew J, Neild, Simon A, Drinkwater, Bruce W, Wilcox, Paul D

“…This paper describes a global non-destructive testing technique for detecting fatigue cracking in engineering components. The technique measures the mixing of…”
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Ensuring the accuracy of indirect nonlinear dynamic reduced-order models by Xiao, Xiao, Hill, Thomas L., Neild, Simon A.

“…Numerous powerful methods exist for developing reduced-order models (ROMs) from finite element (FE) models. Ensuring the accuracy of these ROMs is essential;…”
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Performance‐based seismic design of tuned inerter dampers by Radu, Alin, Lazar, Irina F., Neild, Simon A.

“…Summary This paper proposes a novel fully probabilistic framework for the performance‐based seismic design of structures and uses tuned inerter dampers (TID)…”
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A Graphical Approach to Examining Classical Extremum Seeking Using Bifurcation Analysis by Nguyen, Duc H., Lowenberg, Mark H., Neild, Simon A.

“…The majority of extremum-seeking literature discusses rigorous stability analysis, thereby limiting its audience to mathematicians and control engineers with…”
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Efficient energy balancing across multiple harmonics of nonlinear normal modes by Hong, Dongxiao, Hill, Thomas L., Neild, Simon A.

“…Predicting the forced responses of nonlinear systems is a topic that attracts extensive studies. The energy balancing method considers the net energy transfer…”
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Risk assessment of cables vibration-suppressed with tuned-inerter dampers by Radu, Alin, Lazar, Irina F., Neild, Simon A., Sextos, Anastasios

“…•Fully-probabilistic risk assessment of seismic performance of TIDs installed in cables.•Site-specific seismic risk reduction in TID-controlled cables under…”
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Conditions for the existence of isolated backbone curves by Hong, Dongxiao, Hill, Thomas L, Neild, Simon A

“…Isolated backbone curves represent significant dynamic responses of nonlinear systems; however, as they are disconnected from the primary responses, they are…”
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Analysing dynamic deep stall recovery using a nonlinear frequency approach by Nguyen, Duc H., Lowenberg, Mark H., Neild, Simon A.

“…Based on bifurcation theory, nonlinear frequency response analysis is a recent development in the field of flight dynamics studies. Here, we consider how this…”
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