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