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Dr Nathan M. Kinkaid

Dr Nathan M. KINKAID

Qualifications

1999 BS:  Mechanical Engineering (with Distinction), Iowa State University, USA
2001 MS: Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2004 PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Employment

2004-2007 Member of the Technical Staff, Structural Dynamics Department, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, USA
2007- Lecturer, The University of New South Wales

Teaching Areas

  • Vibrations
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering Mechanics

Research Interests

  • Disc brake squeal
  • Vibration of structures with uncertainty
  • Modal methods in structural dynamics
  • Mechanics of continuous media
  • Nonlinear dynamics

Selected Publications

  • KINKAID NM, O'REILLY OM and PAPADOPOULOS P, "On the transient dynamics of a multi-degree-of-freedom friction oscillator: A new mechanism for brake noise", J. Sound & Vibration, Vol 287(4-5), pp 901-917 (2005).
  • KINKAID NM, O'REILLY OM and PAPADOPOULOS P, "Automotive disc brake squeal", J. Sound & Vibration, Vol 267(1), pp 105-166 (2003).
  • KINKAID NM and O'REILLY OM, "Pulling apart a press fitted joint", Mathematics & Mechanics of Solids, Vol 7(3), pp 307-318 (2002).
  • KINKAID NM, O'REILLY OM and TURCOTTE JS, "On the steady motions of a rotating elastic rod", Trans. ASME: Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol 68(5), pp 766-771 (2001).


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