Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Vol. 5

Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2025, the fifth volume of twelve from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on: - Experimental Techniques - Dynamics of Rotating Machinery - Metamaterials, Metastructures and Additive Manufacturing - Dynamics of Biomedical and Bioinspired Systems

Matthew Allen, Babak Moaveni, David Epp

1 Using Mode Shapes from Cell Phone Videos for Machinery Health Monitoring Shawn Richardson and Mark Richardson 2 Rotordynamic Analysis of the Turbopump Using Superelement Approach Yunus Ozcelik, Hakan Bayraktar, and Yunus Tufek 3 Metamaterial-Based Vibration Mitigation for Enhanced Reliability of an Automotive Inverter: A Numerical Study Sara Tincani, Claus Claeys, Elke Deckers, Nimish Pandiya, and Christian Dindorf 4 Test-vs-Simulation Correlation of Noise Emission in a Bent-Axis Pump Bhaskar Banerjee, Michael Kwarta, Zuher Abdel Mallak, Marcus Wiklund L°ang, Per-Ola Vallebrant, Adarsh Chaurasia, and Omer Kayani 5 A Brief Review of RoboticWelding Technology for Structural Steel Applications Ahmad Rababah, Feras Abla, Sahabeddin Rifai, Guilherme Pereira, Devin Huber, and Onur Avci 6 Bridging Minds and AI for Enhanced Autonomous Driving Roveri Nicola, Silvia Milana, Antonio Culla, Gianluca Pepe, and Antonio Carcaterra 7 Rotordynamic Influence of Balance Pistons with Combined Axial and Radial Flow Maximilian M.G. Kuhr, Zhengzhong Gao, and Peter F. Pelz 8 Investigating the Propulsive Efficiency of Bio-Inspired Fish-like Elastic Caudal Fin through Dynamic Analysis and Experimental Validation E. Paifelman, S. Milana, A. Culla, G. Costantino Muniz, F. Passacantilli, and E. Ciappi 9 Bandgap Design of Metamaterial Structures by Varying Local Resonator Properties Hannes W-ohler and Sebastian Tatzko 10 Experimental Investigation of the Damping Effect of Inherent Particle Damping Under Centrifugal Load Mirco Jonkeren and Sebastian Tatzko 11 Greedy Source Placement Optimization for MIMO Control of Ground-Based Vibration Tests Chandler Smith, Timothy Walsh, Wilkins Aquino, Drew Kouri, and Ryan Schultz 12 Design and Testing of Vibroacoustic Metamaterials for Active Damping of Traffic Noises W. Kaal, M. M. Becker, L. S. Kollmannsperger, and S. C. L. Fischer 13 pyFBS: A Python Package for Frequency Based Substructuring and Transfer Path Analysis Domen Ocepek, Miha Kodri-c, Francesco Trainotti, Miha Pogäcar, Tomäz Bregar, Daniel Jean Rixen, and Gregor C- epon 14 Non-contact Video-based Heart Rate Monitoring using Hilbert Motion Magnification Camilly S. Costa, Gustavo N. Castro, Yuri S. A. Alencar, Victor H. R. Cardoso, Jo~ao C. W. A. Costa and Mois'es F. Silva 15 Variable Atwood Number Rayleigh-Taylor InstabilitiesInduced by Volumetric Energy Deposition Clara S. Bender, Anna C. Cardall, Fabian A. Rodriguez, Joseph A. Kerwin, Ricardo Mejia, and Adam J. Wachtor 16 Identification of Linear Time-variant Rotor Components in Resonance Crossing Experimental Validation Luigi Carassale, Roberto Guida, and Davide Iaffaldano 17 Efficient Simulation of Soft Tissue for Human, Robotics, and Exoskeleton Applications Stefan Holzinger, Andreas Zw-olfer, and Daniel Rixen 18 Piezo Elements to Improve Dynamic Response of Load Cells M. Vanali, C. Rossi, S. Pavoni, M. Berardengo, and S. Manzoni 19 Monitoring the Interface Behaviour of Bolted Joints T. Mace, S. Gilbert, T. Moghadam, and P. Pandey