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VOLUME 125 • NUMBER 3 • JULY 2003
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D. J. INMAN 249 Spectrum of High-Frequency Acoustic Noise in Inviscid Liquid-Linear
DESIGN ENGINEERING DIVISION Approximation for Spherical Waves
L. Likhterov and A. Berman
Associate Editors
J. CUSUMANO „2003… 252 Theory on Pitch Noise and Its Application
S. DYKE „2005… Yukio Nakajima
G. FLOWERS „2005…
M. I. FRISWELL „2004… 257 Investigation of the Sound Transmission into an Advanced Grid-Stiffened
J. GINSBERG „2005… Structure
R. P. S. HAN „2003… Jeffrey S. Vipperman, Deyu Li, Ilya Avdeev, and Steven A. Lane
J. MAIN „2005…
267 Optimal Stiffener Design for Interior Sound Reduction Using a Topology
D. QUINN „2005…
R. PARKER „2005… Optimization Based Approach
C. H. TAN „2004… Jianhui Luo and Hae Chang Gea
J. WICKERT „2003… 274 New Evaluation Method on Gear Dynamics Using Continuous and
NOISE CONTROL AND ACOUSTICS Discrete Wavelet Transforms
DIVISION Yuji Ohue and Akira Yoshida
R. KELTIE „2004…
R. OHAYON „2003… 282 A Stochastic Model for Simulation and Diagnostics of Rolling Element
Bearings With Localized Faults
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OZDEN OCHOA 290 Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of a Rotor Shaft System With Viscoelastically
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317 Torsional Vibration Analysis of Complicated Multi-Branched Shafting
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Journal of Vibration and Acoustics Volume 125, Number 3 JULY 2003

365 The Effect of Actuator and Sensor Placement on the Active Control of Rotor Unbalance
Marty E. Johnson, Luiz P. Nascimento, Mary Kasarda, and Chris R. Fuller
374 Robust Control of a 2D Acoustic Enclosure
Hemanshu R. Pota, Ian R. Petersen, and Atul G. Kelkar
384 Active Vibration Suppression With Time Delayed Feedback
Rifat Sipahi and Nejat Olgac
389 Bayesian Model Screening for the Identification of Nonlinear Mechanical Structures
Gaëtan Kerschen, Jean-Claude Golinval, and François M. Hemez

TECHNICAL BRIEFS
398 Closed-Form Exact Solution to Hⴥ Optimization of Dynamic Vibration Absorbers „Application to Different
Transfer Functions and Damping Systems…
Toshihiko Asami and Osamu Nishihara
405 Determining Stability Boundaries Using Gyroscopic Eigenfunctions
Anthony A. Renshaw
407 Rotor Isolation for Vibration and Noise Reduction
Timothy A. Brungart and Eric T. Riggs

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