Acoustics & Vibration of Mechanical Structures -- Preface and Committees -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Analytical Approaches to Nonlinear Vibrations -- On the Van Der Pol Oscillator: an Overview -- Nonlinear Oscillators with a Power-Form Restoring Force: Non-Isochronous and Isochronous Case -- Approximate Solutions to a Cantilever Beam Using Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method -- Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Approach to Self-Excited Vibrations -- Physical Instability and Functional Uncertainties of the Dynamic Systems in Resonance -- Approximate Analytical Solutions to Nonlinear Vibrations of a Thin Elastic Plate -- The Study of the Pendulum with Heavy Neo-Hookean Rod -- The Vibrations of the Engine with Neo-Hookean Suspension -- Chapter 2: Damage Assessment of Structures -- Multiple Fault Identification Using Vibration Signal Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Methods -- Rolling Element Bearings Fault Identification in Rotating Machines, Existing Methods of Vibration Signal Processing Techniques and Practical Considerations -- Recent Advances in Vibration Signal Processing Techniques for Gear Fault Detection-A Review -- Methods of Interpreting the Results of Vibration Measurements to Locate Damages in Beams -- Evaluation of Crack Depth in Beams for Known Damage Location Based on Vibration Modes Analysis -- Assessment of Corrosion Damages with Important Loss of Mass and Influences on the Natural Frequencies of Bending Vibration Modes -- Vibration Tests for Determination of Longitudinal Elasticity Modulus and Shear Modulus of some Structures Welded with Tubular Wire -- Monitoring the Behaviour of Fireworks to Vibrations and the Establishment of the Mechanical Conditioning Influence -- Acoustical Methods Used in the Study of Concrete Durability -- Testing of Level of Vibration and Parameters of Bearings in Industrial Fan.

Chapter 3: Modeling and Simulation Techniques with Applications -- Influence of Heavy Data Transmission Losses on Spectra of Signals -- Compensations of the Discontinuous Nonlinearities in the Independent Joints Control of an Articulated Robot -- Modeling and Testing of a New Dynamic Balancing System Based on Magnetic Interaction -- Analytic-Experimental Method for Determining the Eccentricity of a Cantilever Rotor -- Study on Vibration Transmission, with Application to the Calibration of a Measuring Stand -- Vibrations Modeling and Simulation Using Stochastic Bondsim Elements -- Considerations on Kinematics and Dynamics of Gravitational Separators with Non-Balanced Eccentric Masses Used for Cereal Seeds Cleaning -- Impact of a Kinematic Link with MATLAB and SolidWorks -- Active Synthesis of Machine Drive Systems -- Random Excitation of a Car Component from the Road -- Study of a Half Car Suspension Model -- An Analysis of Forced Vibrations to Railway Vehicles -- Chapter 4: Biomechanics -- Particularities of Upper Limb Movements of Healthy and Pathologic Subjects -- Plantar Pressure Improvement after Correction of Hallux Valgus Condition - Static and Dynamic Approach -- The Internal Fixator Principle Applied to Proximal Tibial Fractures - An Early Gait Analysis Study -- Biomechanical Modeling of Human Finger -- Mechanical Properties of Hydroxyapatite Doped with Magnesium, Used in Bone Implants -- Dynamic Analysis of a Lower Limb Prosthesis -- Chapter 5: Environmental and Occupational Noise and Vibrations -- Application of the Prediction Model "SCHALL 03" for Railway Noise Calculation in Serbia -- Acoustic Zoning and Noise Assessment -- Noise Control in an Industrial Hall -- Some Effects of Rubberized Asphalt on Decreasing the Phonic Pollution -- Noise Source Monitoring in Industrial and Residential Mixed Areas.

Analysis of the Sound Power Level Emitted by Portable Electric Generators (Outdoor Powered Equipment) Depending on Location and Measuring Surface -- Model for Forecasting the Exposure Risk of Workers to Hand-Arm Occupational Vibrations -- Exposure of Workers to Noise in Mining Industry -- Experimental Research and Modeling of the Underwater Sound in Marine Environment -- Influence of Vibrations on Grain Harvesters Operator -- Troubleshooting Technics to Identify the Airborne and Structure-Borne Noise Content inside an Electric Vehicle -- Chapte 6: Structural Vibration, Attenuators and Isolation -- Corrective Analysis of the Parametric Values from Dynamic Testing on Stand of the Antiseismic Elastomeric Isolators in Correlation with the Real Structural Supporting Layout -- Modification of the Dual Kelvin-Voigt/Maxwell Rheological Behavior for Antiseismic Hydraulic Dampers -- Analysis of the Dynamic Behavior of the Antiseismic Elastomeric Isolators Based on the Evaluation of the Internal Dissipated Energy -- Experimental Evaluation of the Hysteretic Damping of Elastomeric Systems at Low-Cyclic Harmonic Kinematic Displacements -- Experimental Evaluation of the Damping Variation of an Elastomeric Device Harmonically Excited -- Calibration of the Ground Motion Model Using a Simplified Stochastic Model in the Case of the Central Exhibition Pavilion ROMEXPO -- The Computer Aided Passive Reduction of Vibration to Desired Vibration Amplitude -- Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Magnetic Dampers -- Some Models of Elastomeric Seismic Isolation Devices -- Influence of Hysteretic Behavior on Seismic Strength Demands: An Analysis for Romanian Vrancea Earthquakes -- Strength Reduction Factors: A Unified Analytic Expression for Narrowband and Broadband Ground Motion Records -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.