Vibrations Are Extremely Important In All Areas Of Human Activities, For All Sciences, Technologies And Industrial Applications. Sometimes These Vibrations Are Useful But Other Times They Are Undesirable. In Any Case, Understanding And Analysis Of Vibrations Are Crucial. This Book Reports On The State Of The Art Research And Development Findings On This Very Broad Matter Through 22 Original And Innovative Research Studies Exhibiting Various Investigation Directions. The Present Book Is A Result Of Contributions Of Experts From International Scientific Community Working In Different Aspects Of Vibration Analysis. The Text Is Addressed Not Only To Researchers, But Also To Professional Engineers, Students And Other Experts In A Variety Of Disciplines, Both Academic And Industrial Seeking To Gain A Better Understanding Of What Has Been Done In The Field Recently, And What Kind Of Open Problems Are In This Area. Advances in Vibration Analysis Research Preface......Page 1 01_Transverse Vibration Analysis of Euler-Bernoulli Beams Using Analytical Approximate Techniques......Page 13 02_Vibration Analysis of Beams with and without Cracks Using the Composite Element Model......Page 35 03_Free Vibration Analysis of Curved Sandwich Beams: A Dynamic Finite Element......Page 49 04_Some Complicating Effects in the Vibration of Composite Beams......Page 69 05_Independent Coordinate Coupling Method for Free Vibration Analysis of a Plate With Holes......Page 91 06_Free Vibration of Smart Circular Thin FGM Plate......Page 115 07_An Atomistic-based Spring-mass Finite Element Approach for Vibration Analysis of Carbon Nanotube Mass Detectors......Page 127 08_B-spline Shell Finite Element Updating by Means of Vibration Measurements......Page 151 09_Dynamic Analysis of a Spinning Laminated Composite-Material Shaft Using the hp-version of the Finite Element Method......Page 173 10_The Generalized Finite Element Method Applied to Free Vibration of Framed Structures......Page 199 11_Dynamic Characterization of Ancient Masonry Structures......Page 225 12_Vibration Analysis of Long Span Joist Floors Submitted to Human Rhythmic Activities......Page 243 13_Progress and Recent Trends in the Torsional Vibration of Internal Combustion Engine......Page 257 14_A Plane Vibration Model for Natural Vibration Analysis of Soft Mounted Electrical Machines......Page 285 15_Time-Frequency Analysis for Rotor-Rubbing Diagnosis......Page 307 16_Analysis of Vibrations and Noise to Determine the Condition of Gear Units......Page 327 17_Methodology for Vibration Signal Processing of an On-load Tap Changer......Page 341 18_Analysis of Microparts Dynamics Fed Along on an Asymmetric Fabricated Surface with Horizontal and Symmetric Vibrations......Page 355 19_Vibration Analysis of a Moving Probe with Long Cable for Defect Detection of Helical Tubes......Page 379 20_Vibration and Sensitivity Analysis of Spatial Multibody Systems Based on Constraint Topology Transformation......Page 403 21_Non-Linear Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Vibrations in Mechanical Systems - On the use of the Harmonic Balance Methods......Page 431 22_Support Vector Machine Classification of Vocal Fold Vibrations Based on Phonovibrogram Features......Page 447
