A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a novel framework for monitoring structural vibrations using diffractive optical processors. This new ...

A revolutionary portable device invented by Virginia Tech architecture professor Mehdi Setareh with help from students promises to make structural vibration-reducing technology universally accessible.

Presenting one of the runners-up in the TI LDC1000 inductive sensor design contest. This Design Idea demonstrates the use of a TI LDC1000 as a sub-micron displacement sensor for vibration measurement ...

On the five-year anniversary of the Surfside collapse, a building safety specialist highlights the importance of structural ...

Multipath makes it difficult to detect very low-frequency structural vibrations, ranging from 0.05 to 1 Hz, important in characterizing dynamic loads and determining safe structural lifetimes. The ...

"The method could apply equally well to commercial aluminum airframe fuselage skins or to transportation infrastructures such as bridges and railways for subways and trains," says technique developer ...

Additive manufacturing, such as 3D printing, provides an excellent opportunity to design metamaterials: materials with an engineered structure that leads to desired properties such as, for instance, ...

The tuned mass damper used in Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower represents an engineering feat that is so impressive the designers decided to make it publicly visible for all to see. Taipei 101’s 730-ton ...

Part 1 of this series addressed the advantages and disadvantages of various vibration sensors; Part 2 examined signal conditioning and system hardware selection and configuration. I’ll wrap up by ...