35th International Conference on VIBROENGINEERING
Greater Noida (Delhi), India

Dynamics, Noise, Vibration and Control

Date
December 13-15, 2018
Conference format
Live

35th International Conference on VIBROENGINEERING

35th International Conference on VIBROENGINEERING is an integral part of Vibroengineering Series Conferences and was held in Greater Noida (Delhi), India.

Conference was dedicated to researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research results, foster discussion, new ideas and develop partnerships. All JVE Conferences are integral part of the Series of Vibroengineering Conferences started in 1999. Vibroengineering Procedia is indexed in major scientific databases: Scopus, EI Compendex, Inspec, Gale Cengage, Google Scholar and EBSCO.

JVE conferences feature a broad range of high-level technical presentations, vibrant discussions and key experts and scientists from all over the world. The conference provides an opportunity to communicate your recent research advances, exchange ideas in innovative engineering technologies and enjoy endless networking advantages.

Keynote speakers

Subhash Rakheja
Subhash Rakheja
Concordia University, Canada
Rajiv V. Dubey
Rajiv V. Dubey
University of South Florida, United States
Rafał Burdzik
Rafał Burdzik
Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport, Poland
Singiresu S. Rao
Singiresu S. Rao
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Miami, United States
Vincentas Veikutis
Vincentas Veikutis
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
Keynote speaker
Subhash Rakheja
Subhash Rakheja
Concordia University, Canada
Title of keynote speech
Human Responses to Whole-Body Vehicular Vibration: Characterization and Biodynamic Modeling

In the framework of whole-body vibration (WBV), the biodynamics refers to biomechanical responses of the human body, including its substructures, to impressed oscillatory forces or motions. The biodynamic responses of the human body to WBV form an essential basis for an understanding of the mechanical-equivalent properties of the body and the potential injury mechanisms, developments in frequency-weightings and enhanced design tools of systems coupled with the human operator. The presentation will focus on whole-body vibration biodynamics of the seated human. Responses obtained experimentally in terms of ‘to-the-body’ and ‘through-the-body’ functions will be discussed to highlight the influences of various contributory factors and confounders such as those related to gender, posture, body supports, anthropometry and nature of vibration, together with the ranges of experimental conditions employed in different studies. The biodynamic responses invariably show strong and highly complex, nonlinear and coupled effects of majority of the contributory factors. The reported studies often conclude on conflicting effects of many factors, such as posture, gender, vibration and support conditions. The coupled effects of multi-axis whole body vibration environment of vehicles on the seated body biodynamics will also be discussed on the basis of the reported measured responses. The body coupling with the visco-elastic seating supports is also known to affect the biodynamic responses, while the measurements with an elastic coupling remain challenging. Developments of functional models of the seated body constitute one of the key goals of biodynamic response characterizations so as to develop tools for engineering design/analysis of systems coupled with the human body. Different seated body models developed using lumped-parameters, multi-body dynamic and finite element methods will be presented together with their merits and limitations. The applications of these models for designs of seats and suspension systems will be briefly discussed to reflect only limited success of the models, likely due to lack of consideration of the visco-elastic human-seat interface properties in characterizing the biodynamic responses.

Rajiv V. Dubey
Rajiv V. Dubey
University of South Florida, United States
Title of keynote speech
A Robotics Based Simulation Tool for Upper Extremity Prosthesis Prescription and Training

Prescription of the appropriate type of upper extremity prosthesis and training are necessary for increased functionality of an amputee. Otherwise, abandonment or passive use of the prosthesis will occur. Once a person undergoes an upper extremity amputation, it is quite challenging to determine the type of prosthesis the individual needs and uses. Currently, the physician has to rely on experience to prescribe the prosthesis and train each individual user. In an effort to understand user specific expected movements from a prescribed prosthesis, a robotics based simulation algorithm for able-bodied and prosthesis users during activities of daily living (ADL) was developed. To make this possible, a weighted least-norm inverse kinematics solution of the robotics based kinematic model of upper extremities and prostheses was used. The recorded motion capture data using a Viacom system were utilized to generate the weighting matrix for the inverse kinematics algorithm. Results show that this approach reproduces human-like movements of joints. This algorithm uses the person’s anthropometrics and level of amputation to create the joint motions during ADLs. A graphic user interface (GUI) is created to allow the clinician to input the data of the prospective prosthesis user. A custom-made visualization software was developed to display an animation performing the simulated motion. This simulation tools will provide the team of clinicians and the prosthesis users a visual representation of the expected results of the prosthesis prescription and training.

Singiresu S. Rao
Singiresu S. Rao
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Miami, United States
Title of keynote speech
Uncertainties in Engineering Analysis, Design, and Optimization: How to Model them?

Many practical engineering systems are too complex to be described by precise models and in exact terms, because real-life phenomena have to be simulated by mathematical approximations. Many uncertainties are encountered in any practical problem. These uncertainties exist in most parameters that influence the response of the system. Thus it becomes impossible to perform the analysis, design and/or optimization computations using traditional deterministic approaches. In general, the responses of most engineering systems are influenced by the parameters that characterize the system and its behavior such as geometry, load or external actions and material properties. Most of the parameters associated with these systems contain different types of uncertainties. Several models have been developed and used for characterizing the various uncertainties encountered in practice. The models include the probabilistic, fuzzy, interval, or evidence-based approaches. In the probabilistic method, the uncertain parameters are assumed to be random variables/processes and the system performance is defined in terms of the probability of failure or reliability. When the parameters of the system contain information and features that are vague, qualitative and linguistic, a fuzzy approach can be used to predict the response. The interval analysis assumes that each uncertain parameter is represented as an interval number. In the evidence-based methods, information about the uncertain parameters is assumed to be known from multiple sources implying the existence of large epistemic uncertainty in the system. The multiple evidences are combined using Dempster-Shafer theory to construct a coherent picture of reality for use in analysis or design. This work presents an outline of different types of uncertain models, with an emphasis on interval method, for the analysis, design, and optimization of mechanical/structural systems along with some numerical results.

Organizing Comittee

Vinayak Ranjan
Chair of the Local Organising Committee
Prof. Vinayak Ranjan
Rowan Uviversity, United States
Minvydas Ragulskis
Chair of the Conference
Prof. Minvydas Ragulskis
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Sri Vineet Jain
Sri Vineet Jain
Chancellor, Bennett University, India
Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar
Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar
Bennett University, India
Suneel Tuli
Suneel Tuli
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, India
Deepak Garg
Deepak Garg
Head of the Department, Computer Science Engineering, India
Rama Komaragiri
Rama Komaragiri
Head of the Department, Electronics and Communications Engineering, India
Talakokula Visalakshi
Talakokula Visalakshi
Head of the Department, Civil Engineering, India
Rajinder Singh Chauhan
Rajinder Singh Chauhan
Head of the Department, Biotechnology, India
Krishna Thyagarajan
Krishna Thyagarajan
Department of Physics, India
K K Biswas
K K Biswas
Department of Computer Science Engineering, India
Shivani Goel
Shivani Goel
Department of Computer Science Engineering, India
Sudhir Chandra
Sudhir Chandra
Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, India
Mohammad Danish
Mohammad Danish
Bennett University, India
Deepali Atheaya
Deepali Atheaya
Bennett University, India
Pawan Mishra
Pawan Mishra
Bennett University, India
Baij Nath Singh
Baij Nath Singh
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, India
Rajnesh Tyagi
Rajnesh Tyagi
Bennett University, India
De Neelanchali Asija Bhalla
De Neelanchali Asija Bhalla
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, India
Vladimir Babitsky
Vladimir Babitsky
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Mahmoud Bayat
Mahmoud Bayat
The University of Texas at Arlington, United States
Iliya I. Blekhman
Iliya I. Blekhman
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Kouamana Bousson
Kouamana Bousson
University of Beira Interior, Portugal
M. Brennan
M. Brennan
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Rafał Burdzik
Rafał Burdzik
Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Maosen Cao
Maosen Cao
Hohai University, China
Feliks Chernousko
Feliks Chernousko
Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Russia
Zbigniew Dabrowski
Zbigniew Dabrowski
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Y. Davydov
Y. Davydov
Institute of Machine Building Mechanics, Russia
Joze Duhovnik
Joze Duhovnik
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ameen El Sinawi
Ameen El Sinawi
The Petroleum Institute, United Arab Emirates
Rivner Ganiev
Rivner Ganiev
Blagonravov Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Russia
Wen-Hsiang Hsieh
Wen-Hsiang Hsieh
National Formosa University, Taiwan (Province of China)
Chen Lu
Chen Lu
Beihang University, China
Vadim Lyalin
Vadim Lyalin
Izhevsk State Technical University, Russia
Yuxin Mao
Yuxin Mao
Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Rimas Maskeliūnas
Rimas Maskeliūnas
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Luis E. Muñoz
Luis E. Muñoz
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Grigory Panovko
Grigory Panovko
Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
N. Perkins
N. Perkins
University of Michigan, United States
Lei Qiu
Lei Qiu
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Subhash Rakheja
Subhash Rakheja
Concordia University, Canada
Miguel A. F. Sanjuan
Miguel A. F. Sanjuan
University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Gangbing Song
Gangbing Song
University of Houston, United States
Shigeki Toyama
Shigeki Toyama
Tokyo A&T University, Japan
Kenji Uchino
Kenji Uchino
The Pennsylvania State University, United States
Anatoli Vakhguelt
Anatoli Vakhguelt
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Piotr Vasiljev
Piotr Vasiljev
Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Lithuania
Vincentas Veikutis
Vincentas Veikutis
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
Jānis Vība
Jānis Vība
Riga Technical University, Latvia
Vitalijus Volkovas
Vitalijus Volkovas
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Jörg Wallaschek
Jörg Wallaschek
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Mikhail Zakrzhevsky
Mikhail Zakrzhevsky
Riga Technical University, Latvia

Conference Program

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Sponsors and Partners

Conference in Greater Noida (Delhi), India was organized by JVE International with the partnership of Bennett University.

Bennett University in India