The Dynamic Analysis of Thin Structures using a Radial Interpolator Meshless Method, by L. M. J. S. Dinis, R. M. Natal Jorge and J. Belinha --   Vibration Testing for the Evaluation of the Effects of Moisture Content on the In-Plane Elastic Constants of Wood used in Musical Instruments , by M. A. Pérez, P. Poletti and L. Gil --  Short-Time Autoregressive (STAR) Modeling for Operational Modal Analysis of Non-stationary Vibration, by V.-H. Vu, M. Thomas, A. A. Lakis and L. Marcouiller --  A Numerical and Experimental Analysis for the Active Vibration Control of a Concrete Placing Boom, by G. Cazzulani, M. Ferrari, F. Resta and F. Ripamonti --  Modeling and Testing of a Concrete Pumping Group Control System, by C. Ghielmetti, H. Giberti and F. Resta --  Vibration Based Structural Health Monitoring and the Modal Strain Energy Damage Index Algorithm Applied to a Composite T-Beam, by  R. Loendersloot, T. H. Ooijevaar, L. Warnet, A. de Boer and R. Akkerman --  An Efficient Sound Source Localization Technique via Boundary Element Method , by Abdullah Seçgin and Ayşe Saide Sarıgül --  Dispersion Analysis of Acoustic Circumferential Waves Using Time-Frequency Representations, by R. Latif, M. Laaboubi, E. Aassif and G. Maze --  Viscoelastic Damping Technologies: Finite Element Modeling and Application to Circular Saw Blades, by C. M. A. Vasques and L. C. Cardoso --  Vibroacoustic Energy Diffusion Optimization in Beams and Plates by Means of Distributed Shunted Piezoelectric Patches, by M. Collet, M. Ouisse, K. A. Cunefare, M. Ruzzene, B. Beck, L. Airoldi and F. Casadei --  Identification of Reduced Models from Optimal Complex Eigenvectors in Structural Dynamics and Vibroacoustics, by M. Ouisse and E. Foltête.

The underlying technologies of this field of multidisciplinary research are evolving very fast and their dissemination is usually scattered over different and complementary scientific and technical publication means. In order to make it easy for developers and technology end-users to follow the latest developments and news in the field, this book collects into a single volume selected, extended, updated and revised versions of papers presented at the Symposium on Vibration and Structural Acoustics Analysis, coordinated by J. Dias Rodrigues and C. M. A. Vasques, which was organised as part of the 3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure (IRF’2009), co-chaired by J. F. Silva Gomes and Shaker A. Meguid, held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, 20-24 July 2009.   These papers where chosen from the more than 60 papers presented at the conference symposium. Written by experienced practitioners and researchers in the field, this book brings together recent developments in the field, spanning across a broad range of themes: vibration analysis, analytical and computational structural acoustics and vibration, material systems and technologies for noise and vibration control, vibration-based structural health monitoring/evaluation, machinery noise/vibration and diagnostics, experimental testing in vibration and structural acoustics, applications and case studies in structural acoustics and vibration. Each chapter presents and describes the state of the art, presents current research results and discusses the need for future developments in a particular aspect of vibration and structural acoustics analysis.   The book is envisaged to be an appealing text for newcomers to the subject and a useful research study tool for advanced students and faculty members. Practitioners and researchers may also find this book a one-stop reference that addresses current and future challenges in this field. The variety of case studies is expected to stimulate a holistic view of sound and vibration and related fields and to appeal to a broad spectrum of engineers such as the ones in the mechanical, aeronautical, aerospace, civil and electrical communities.