Links to some pages maintained by Dr. Peters:


Pendulum studies
Other research:
Modernized conventional

Pendulum Seismometer


Hurricane Excitation of

Earth Eigenmodes


Mesoscale quantization and

Self-organized Stability


Improving seismometer performance

at low frequencies using

newly-discovered physics


Spice Modelling of the

Vilnius Chaotic Oscillator


Yo-yo Oscillator

Study of a nonlinear

oscillator using Spice


Mechanical Cardiography
 Mesodynamics

 Sensors

(Sensor tutorial)


A broadband horizontal

seismometer using

the SDC sensor


Seismic studies
Some web papers:

Beyond the Linear Damping

Model for Mechanical

Harmonic Oscillators


Spreadsheet filtering by FFT

Gaussian-based Convolution


Postulated Mesoscale

Quantum ...


Folded pendulum

measurements of Earth's

Free Oscillations


Mesoscale Friction Study

using Nitinol


Friction as basis for a

Phonon Maser


Harmonic Oscillator

Potential


Monographs and Book Chapters:


Mechanical System Dynamics,

with an introduction

to Chaos & Complexity

(copyright 1995--TELAtomic, Inc.)

part I, part II, part III


Damping

PART I: Background/Theory

PART II:  Exp. Techniques

(Handbook chapter)


Ruchhardt oscillator--

Thermodynamic basis for

hysteretic damping


The Flex-Pendulum--basis for

an improved Timepiece

(view as HTML)


Nonlinear damping of the

'linear' pendulum

(view as HTML)


Constant-force-magnitude

chaotic oscillator


Graphical explanation for the

speed of the FFT


Period of the pendulum using

elementary mathematics


Anisotropic internal

friction damping


Internal friction with

more than one mechanism


Intuitive derivation of

Reynolds number


Model of internal friction

damping in solids


Toward a universal damping

model-modified Coulomb friction


A Novel Magnetometer
Bistability of a magnetometer

The Pendulum in the 21st Century--relic or trendsetter
Inexpensive Computer Acquisition and Processing System

(using the game port for A-to-D voltage conversion)


Stirling Engine-Refrigerator

(a good resource--James Senft)


Creep and Mechanical Oscillator Damping
Compound Bow
Kater Pendulum
Press. Sens. Calibr.
Soup-can pendulum
Tiltmeter
Soldier's Microph.:

(part 1, part 2)


Biographical:

Curriculum Vitae


Hobbies/Interests