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[1] H.Zeng, C.W.Bert, A differential quadrature analysis of vibration
for rectangular stiffened plates. Journal of Sound and Vibration 241 (2001) 247-252. doi:10.1006/jsvi.2000.3295 [2] Lord
Rayleigh, Theory of Sound (two volumes), Dover Publications, New York, 1877, re-issued 1945. [3] P.Sas, Vibration testing:
state of the art and challenges, in: M.D. Gilchrist (Ed.), Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam,
1997, pp.65-74. [4] R.S. Langley, The dynamic analysis of uncertain structures, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference
on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, Southampton, July 2000, pp. 1-20. [5] Yu.I. Bobrovnitskii, Restoration of the vibrational
field inside a structure through the measurements on a part of its surface, Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Acoustics,
Vol. 1, Trondheim, Norway, 1995, pp. 479-482. [6] P.M.L. Ribeiro, Geometrical non-linear vibration of beams and plates by the hierarchical
finite element method, PhD Thesis, University of Southampton, 1998. [7] P.E. Doak, Notes on the theory of sound, University of Southampton,
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research Memorandum ISAV 101, 1964. [8] http://www.ecgcorp.com/velav/mainbar.html (Accessed 21
August 2006) [9] A.B. Smith, Personal communication, 1999. [10] Sysnoise rev. 5.5 User's Manual, LMS International, Leuven, Belgium,
2000. [11] International Organization for Standardization ISO 2631-1, Mechanical vibration and shock - evaluation of human exposure
to whole-body vibration - part 1: general requirements, 1997.
[12] P. Lueg, Process of silencing oscillations, U.S. Patent No. 2,043,416,
1936.
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