NOMAD

Below is a list of all projects performed at NOMAD over the years.

2014

Measurement Guidelines for Structures with Bolted Joints ^[1]
A Numerical Round Robin for Modeling Structures with Frictional Interfaces ^[2]
Quantifying Epistemic and Aleatoric Uncertainty in the Ampair 600 Wind Turbine ^[3]
Assessment of Experimentally Derived and Numerically Derived Reduced-Order Models

Effects of Experimental Methods, part 2 ^[4] ^[5]
Numerical Round Robin, part 2 [6]
Quantification of Uncertainty in Lap Joints [7]
ROM Assessment [8]
Stress Waves Propagating Through Jointed Connections/How Joints Respond to a Shock [9]
Structural Design with Joints for Maximum Dissipation [10]
Nonlinear Dynamics and Controls of Micro- and Nano- Systems
STEM Cross-Cultural Interactions Study [11]

In Situ Measurements of Contact Pressure for Jointed Interfaces During Dynamic Loading Experiments [12, 13]
Sensing and Rating of Vehicle-Railroad Bridge Collision [14]
Evaluation of Interface Reduction Methods for Craig-Bampton Models [15]
Effect of Far-Field Structure on Joint Properties [16, 17]
Experimental Assessment of the Influence of Interface Geometries on Structural Response [18]
Comparison of Nonlinear System Identification Methods for Free Decay Measurements with Application to MEMS Devices [19]
A comparison of numerical approaches for predicting the dynamics of a beam with a lap joint [20]
Designing brittle fracture specimens to investigate environmentally assisted crack growth [21, 22]

Inverse Methods for Characterization of Contact Areas in Mechanical Systems [23]
From Macroscopic Tensile Tests to Microscopic Mechanical Response of Components
Investigation of Craig-Bampton Models with Interface Reduction for Contacting Surfaces [24, 25]
Influence of Edge Boundary Conditions and Cracks in Ferroelectrically-Excited Vibrational Modes [26]
Experimentally Characterize a new Benchmark Structure for Prediction of Damping Nonlinearity [27]
Measurements of Coupled Structural-Acoustic Modes [28]

Constructing Optimal Surrogate Models for Bolted Fasteners in Multiaxial Loading
Influences of Modal Coupling on Experimentally Extracted Nonlinear Modal Models [29]
A Priori Methods to Assess the Strength of Nonlinearities for Design Applications [30]
Fatigue Properties of Additively Manufactured Hiperco
Material Failure Model and Properties for Puncture Simulations [31]
Predictive Structural Dynamics Modeling of Bolted Interfaces [32, 33]

Mechanics of bolt loosening under dynamic loads [34]
Investigation of electrical contact chatter in pin-receptacle contacts
Force reconstruction at mechanical interfaces [35]
Modeling and experimental validation of a pylon subassembly mockup with multiple nonlinearities [36]
Development of reactive potentials for molecular dynamic simulations
Indentation of heterogeneous materials: Factors affecting the indentation results and a comparison to bulk material testing
Validation of puncture simulations with various probe geometries

NNM Force Appropriation Pre-Test Predictions of Assembly using Calibrated Component and Modal Shaker Models
Correlation of Reduced-Order Models of a Threaded Fastener
Nonlinear Analysis of Mechanical Joints in Finger-Like Mechanism-Based Morphing Wing Devices
Neural Network Informed Uncertainty Quantification for Structural Dynamics Reduced-Order Models

Nonlinear Characterization of a Joint Exhibiting a Reduction in Damping at High Energy
Empirical Model of Puncture Energy for Metals
Mapping from Low Fidelity to High Fidelity Analysis for Failure Quantities of Interest
Modeling Rate Dependent Interface Separation with Cohesive Zone Models and Bulk Viscoelasticity
Investigating the Potential of Electrical Connection Chatter Induced by Structural Dynamics
Nonlinear Transient Response of Electromechanical Assemblies

↑ S. Smith, J. C. Bilbao-Ludena, S. Catalfamo, M. R. W. Brake, P. Reuß, and C. W. Schwingshackl, "The Effects of Boundary Conditions, Measurement Techniques, and Excitation Type on Measurements of the Properties of Mechanical Joints," Cham, 2016: Springer International Publishing, in Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1, pp. 415-431.
↑ L. Salles, C. Swacek, R. M. Lacayo, P. Reuss, M. R. W. Brake, and C. W. Schwingshackl, "Numerical Round Robin for Prediction of Dissipation in Lap Joints," Cham, 2016: Springer International Publishing, in Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1, pp. 53-64.
↑ B. A. Robertson, M. S. Bonney, C. Gastaldi, and M. R. W. Brake, "Quantifying Epistemic and Aleatoric Uncertainty in the Ampair 600 Wind Turbine," Cham, 2015: Springer International Publishing, in Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4, pp. 125-138.
↑ S. Catalfamo et al., "Effects of Experimental Methods on the Measurements of a Nonlinear Structure," Cham, 2016: Springer International Publishing, in Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4, pp. 491-500.
↑ S. A. Smith, M. R. W. Brake, and C. W. Schwingshackl, "On the Characterization of Nonlinearities in Assembled Structures," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, vol. 142, no. 5, 2020, doi: 10.1115/1.4046956.