Summary

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PREFACE

Valder Steffen Jr

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

CHAPTER 1

Damage Detection Integrating ISHM and LWSHM Techniques

Lucas Altamirando de Andrade da Rocha

 

CHAPTER 2

Comparison of Mathematical Models of Magnetorheological Actuators

Philippe Cesar Fernandes Teixeira

 

CHAPTER 3

Analysis of the Dynamic Behavior of an Onboard Rotor

Marcelo Samora Sousa Jr

 

CHAPTER 4

Numerical Evaluation of a Composite Hollow Shaft Rotor

Paulo Costa Porto de Figueiredo Barbosa

 

CHAPTER 5

Analysis of The Influence of Transversal Cracks on the Static and Dynamic Behaviors of Flexible Shafts

Izabela Batista da Silva

 

CHAPTER 6

Importance of Viscoelastic Dampers and Parametric Uncertainties in Fatigue Analysis

Lauren Karoline de Sousa Goncalves

 

CHAPTER 7

Closed-loop poles and zeros analysis of a multi-copter system endowed with tilting mechanisms

Felipe Machini M. Marques

 

CHAPTER 8

Using an operating condition compensation approach for EMI-based damage detection in a rotating machine

Karina Mayumi Tsuruta

 

CHAPTER 9

Fuzzy Logic as a Tool for Uncertainty, Robustness and Reliability Analyses of Mechanical Systems

Arinan De Piemonte Dourado

 

CHAPTER 10

Analysis of Thermohydrodynamic Models Dedicated to the Bearings of a Francis Hydropower Unit

Jefferson Silva Barbosa and Leonardo Campanine Sicchieri

 

CHAPTER 11

Force Identification in Hydropower Turbine Considering rubbing contact

Tobias Souza Morais and Raul Carreira Rufato

 

CHAPTER 12

Evaluation to the Structural Health Monitoring, based on Electromechanical Impedance Signals, applied in Concrete Structures

Raquel Naiara Fernandes Silva

 

CHAPTER 13

Introduction to synthetic inductors circuits and its application in multimodal vibration attenuators.

Bruno Gabriel Gustavo Leonardo Zambolini Vicente

 

CHAPTER 14

Robust Model-Based Balancing Approach

Vinicius Nunes Carvalho

 

CHAPTER 15

Kriging Surrogate Models Dedicated to the Cylindrical Journal Bearing of a Francis Hydropower Unit

Leonardo Campanine Sicchieri and Jefferson Silva Barbosa