Research Areas
The group conducts research into vibrations, dynamics of structures and wave propagation, with a wide range of engineering applications including aerospace, energy generation, automotive and infrastructure.
There are five broad areas of research: structural health and condition monitoring, nonlinear system identification; damping and structural control; nonlinear structural dynamics and acoustics.
-
Structural Health & Condition Monitoring
The group has a long history of research in SHM and CM, and with Los Alamos National Laboratories in the US, pioneered the data-based/pattern...
read more
-
Nonlinear system identification
In the field of nonlinear system identification – a field merging with nonlinear dynamics - the main area of research is concerned with methods based on...
read more
-
Structural control & damping
The group has a long history of research in damping technology, working closely with industry to develop and exploit new for damping materials and mechanisms....
read more
-
Nonlinear structural dynamics
Nonlinearity occurs quite naturally in many applications, but despite this it has traditionally been avoided in the design of engineering systems. However, the performance envelope...
read more
-
Acoustics
Acoustic (sound) waves provide an excellent opportunity to measure non-invasively the conditions of structures and physical nature of processes which are too complex to examine...
read more