Training Track

This year SAVIAC introduced a Training Track to the Shock & Vibration Symposium.  The track consists of a series of 50 minute college level type lectures to introduce people to a new field, define the terminology and give them resources for further study.   The lectures are listed below.  For any that are linked, the handouts can be viewed.  As permission is granted by the authors and electronic copies received, more handouts will be made available.  Check back often.

Tuesday Afternoon

Isolation & Dissipation - Doug Taylor, Taylor Devices

Transient Acoustic Fluid-Structure Interaction - Prof. Thomas Geers, University of Colorado

Large Caliber Gun Blast, Recoil, and Dynamics: A Case Study in Shock and Vibration - Dr. Eric Kathe, Dr. Andrew Littlefield, Dan Cler, Jim Newill, US Army, RDECOM - Benét Laboratories

Random Vibrations - 1905 Through The Present - Dr. Thomas Paez, Sandia National Laboratories

Wednesday Morning

Normal Mode Theory - Dr. Rudy Scavuzzo, University of Akron

Using The Velocity Shock Spectrum For Shock Damage Potential - Dr. Howard Gaberson, Consultant

A Brief Introduction to Protective Structures - Prof. Ted Krauthammer, The Penn State University

Introduction to Data Acquisition - Part I - Prof. Joshua Gordis, Naval Postgraduate School

Wednesday Afternoon

Introduction to Data Acquisition - Part II - Prof. Joshua Gordis, Naval Postgraduate School

Force-Limited Random Vibration Testing - Dan Worth, NASA/GSFC

The Origins and Current Status of Rotor Dynamics - Prof. Frederick Nelson, Tufts University

Tutorial on Ballistic Shock in Armored Vehicles - W. Scott Walton, US Army Aberdeen Test Center