Sensors and Instrumentation, Aircraft/Aerospace, Energy Harvesting & Dynamic Environments Testing, Volume 7

Chad Walber, PCB Piezotronics, Inc., NY, USA; Matthew Stefanski, US Airforce, USA; Steve Seidlitz, Cummins Power Systems, MN,USA.

• Chapter 1. Exploring Iterative Optimization Methods to Develop a MIMO Control Input.- Chapter 2. All-Electric X-Plane, X-57 Mod II Ground Vibration Test.- Chapter 3. Mechanical Environment Test Specifications Derived from Equivalent Energy in Fixed Base Modes with Frequency Shifts from Unit-to-Unit Variability.- Chapter 4. Best Paper: Investigation of Transmission Simulator Based Response Reconstruction Accuracy.- Chapter 5. A Proposed Standard Random Vibration Environment for BARC and the Boundary Condition Challenge.- Chapter 6. Assessment of Metrics Between Acceleration Power Spectral Density Metrics and Failure Criteria.- Chapter 7. Using Parameterized Optimization to Model a Slip Table.- Chapter 8. Using Modal Projection Error to Evaluate SEREP Modal Expansion.- Chapter 9. WaveHit – The First Smart Impulse Hammer for Fully Automatic Impact Testing.- Chapter 10. Aeroelastic Analysis using Ground Vibration Test Modes.- Chapter 11. Localizing Perturbed Objects in a Room with Reflective Boundaries Using Dispersed Acoustic Measurements.- Chapter 12. Application of Smartphones in Pavement Deteriorations Identification Using Artificial Neural Network.- Chapter 13. Impacts of Test Fixture Connections of the BARC Structure on its Dynamical Responses.- Chapter 14. Experimental and Computational Investigations on Fixture Interference for BARC Systems.- Chapter 15. Aeroelastic Test of the Nixus Fly-by-Wire Sailplane.- Chapter 16. Operational Modal Analysis of The Space Launch System Mobile Launcher on Crawler Transporter ISVV-010 Rollout.- Chapter 17. Structural Damage Detection in Civil Engineering with Machine-Learning: Current State of the Art.- Chapter 18. Nonlinear Analysis and Characterization of Piezoaeroelastic Energy Harvesters with Discontinuous Nonlinearities.- Chapter 19. Basic Vibration Analysis in a Laboratory Classroom using Virtual Instruments.- Chapter 20. Model Class Selection and Model Parameter Identification on Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters.