Dynamic modeling and experimental testing of a piano action mechanism with a flexible hammer shank

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 5 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 433-444

  Izadbakhsh, Adel ^a   McPhee, John ^a   Birkett, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION MECHANISMS; APPLIED (CO); ART MODELS; DYNAMIC MODEL (TRIMO); EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; IMPACT VELOCITIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; MULTI-BODY SYSTEM (MBS); NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL ENCODERS; PIANO STRINGS; RAYLEIGH BEAM MODEL; RIGID BODY (RB); TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT TESTING; GAGES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MECHANICS; MECHANISMS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PAPER; TECHNOLOGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TOOLS;

HAMMERS;

EID: 44949098506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-35351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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