The Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibration Laboratory
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The Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibration Laboratory (NDVL) researches system identification and structural health monitoring in nonlinear systems, nonlinear feedback control for enhanced sensitivity in damage detection and sensing, analyzing the dynamics of nonlinear piecewise-linear systems, bifurcation forecasting, and turbomachinery modeling and analysis. The two key research thrusts are (1) the creation of techniques to efficiently model, analyze, and exploit nonlinearity, and (2) the analysis of complex high-dimensional cyclic structures found in turbomachinery. To aid in the analysis and experimentation of turbomachinery the NDVL is partnered with the Gas Turbine Laboratory (GTL) at The Ohio State University. The work at the GTL focuses on full scale industrial turbomachinery operating at engine speeds. The NDVL is focused on more fundamental research such as creating tools for analyzing and exploiting nonlinear dynamics, with the goal of investigating some of these tools in the GTL with industrial hardware to accelerate industrial partners’ usage of these tools. The research that is being conducted can be broken into general nonlinear dynamics and structural dynamics of turbomachinery.
Accordions
The NDVL is always looking for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students to work on a variety of projects related to structural and nonlinear dynamics. Projects range from computational and theoretical work to hands-on experimental work related to dynamics and vibration.
Undergraduate students please look for openings and apply through the undergraduate research placement tool.
Graduate students please reach out to Professor D'Souza at his university e-mail address. Please include a current resume/CV as well as a cover letter addressing your interests and goals.
Collaborations
- Structural Dynamics Lab at Meiji University
- Applied Nonlinear Dynamics of Multi-Scale Systems Lab at the University of Michigan
- Nonlinear & Structural Dynamics Laboratory at the National Tsing Hua University
- Partnered with the OSU Gas Turbine Laboratory
Affiliations and Resources
- Part of the OSU Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
- Lab located in the OSU Aerospace Research Center
- Projects use resources of the OSU SimCenter
- Also have access to Ohio Supercomputer Center resources
Would you like to help the Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations Laboratory?
- Please contact the lab director if you are interested in setting up a research program.
- There are a variety of methods for making a gift to the NDVL. To ensure that your donation is directed to the NDVL, please reference the fund number 315579:
Online
Make a one-time gift (fund number 315579)
By Phone
Call (614) 292-2141. Donation via debit card, credit card and electronic funds transfer available by phone.
By Mail
To send a gift by mail, request giving form from gifts@osu.edu and mail it to:
The Ohio State University Foundation
1480 West Lane Avenue
Columbus, OH 43221
If sending a check, please make payable to: The Ohio State University Foundation.
Tax Information
The Ohio State University Foundation has 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt status, with a federal tax ID number of 31-1145986.
Recent NDVL News
- November 21: Paper published online: Damping and Stiffness Mistuning Effects in a Bladed Disk With Varied Disk Coupling in the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
- November 7: Faculty spotlight of Professor D'Souza
- September 28: NDVL alumni Meng-Hsuan Tien receives NTHU Young Faculty Research Award
- September 20: Paper published online: Frequency tunable electromagnetic vibration energy harvester using piecewise linear nonlinearity in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- August 20-23: NDVL presents research and chairs MSNDC Conference at the 2023 ASME IDETC in Boston, MA
- August 19: Graduate student, Troy Krizak, starts NSF INTERN program with Hyphen Innovations for fall semester
- August 18: Rashid Mattar defends his MS thesis titled - Comparison of Bird and UAV Ingestions Into a Fan Assembly Model
- July 13: Paper published online: Experimental and Computational Study of a Rotating Bladed Disk with Under-Platform Dampers in the AIAA Journal
- June 26-30: NDVL presents multiple papers on blade mistuning modeling and identification and chairs session at the 2023 ASME Turbo Expo in Boston, MA
- June 18-22: NDVL presents paper on abstract dynamics at the Third International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics in Rome, Italy.
- May 15: Mitchell Wong awarded Ohio Space Grant Consortium Fellowship
- May 3: Paper published online: Mistuning Identification of Blisks Using Mass Detuning and Influence Coefficients in the AIAA Journal
- April 17: Paper published online: Efficient Hybrid Symbolic-Numeric Computational Method for Piecewise Linear Systems with Coulomb Friction in the Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
- April 7: Jacob Veney defends his MS thesis titled - Investigation of the BAA Method’s Applications for Vibration Energy Harvesting
- April 7: Mitchell Wong defends his BS thesis titled - Validating a UAS Model for Conditions Seen in an Engine Ingestion
- March 30: Allie Renshaw wins Summer Research Scholarship to work on TEK8 program over the summer
- March 10: Troy Krizak wins 2023 Student Advisory Committee Travel Award (SACTA) by the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute for the upcoming ASME Turbo Expo conference where he will be presenting a paper and a poster
- March 9: Mitchell Wong earns an Honorable Mention in the Engineering & Technology category of the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
- February 27: Jacob Veney awarded prestigious Distinguished University and ENGIE-Axium Fellowships from OSU Graduate School
- February 1: UAS engine ingestion report published
- January 23-27: NDVL presents - Investigation of Experimental Response of Bladed Disk with Under-Platform Dampers Using Tip Timing and Strain Gauge Responses at the 2023 SciTech in National Harbor, Maryland and Troy Krizak wins 2nd Place in the Structural Dynamics student paper competition and Professor D'Souza inducted into 2023 class of AIAA Associate Fellows
- January 3: Report published online on outreach activities involving UAS: STEM III –UAS As A STEM Outreach Learning Platform For K-12 Students And Educators
- January 2: Paper published online: Parametric Investigation of Vibratory Responses for Reduced-Order Models of Rotating Bladed Disks in the AIAA Journal