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Lawrence N. Virgin

Lawrence N. Virgin

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
l.virgin@duke.edu
3393 FCIEMAS Building, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
3393 FCIEMAS, Duke Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections

Vibration isolation

Book section · January 1, 2012 The ability to isolate a structure or machine from the undesirable effects of applied motion (especially vibration) has wide application. Suspension systems are incorporated into large buildings to protect them from earthquake excitation, mountain bikes an ... Full text Cite

Introductory material

Book section · January 1, 2012 This book is based on a one-week worksop at CISM. In order to fully appreciate the benefits of nonlinearity in certain engineering systems it is important to understand the underlying behavior of linear systems, and this first chapter provides a general ov ... Full text Cite