Research Publications:
R.N. Miles
[1] Carroll MM, Miles RN. Steady-State Sound in an Enclosure with Diffusely Reflecting Boundary. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1978; 65: 1424-1428.
[2] Miles RN. The Optimization of Constrained Layer Damping Applications. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1979; 65: 1: RR4.
[3] Miles RN. The Prediction of the Damping Effectiveness of Multiple
Constrained Layer Damping Treatments.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1979; 65: 1: RR5.
[4] Miles RN, Carroll MM. Decay of Sound in an Enclosure with Diffusely Reflecting Boundary. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1980; 68: 1:Q4.
[5] Miles RN. Sound Field in a Rectangular Enclosure with Diffusely
Reflecting Boundaries.
Journal of Sound and
Vibration 1984; 92:
203-226.
[6] Miles RN. Beam Dampers for
Skin Vibration and Noise Reduction in the 747.
AFWAL-TR-84-3064 Vibration
Damping Workshop Proceedings
1984. Long Beach, CA, USA.
[7] Miles RN, Reinhall PG. The Nonlinear Response of Airplane Fuselage
Structures to Intense Sound Fields.
Developments in Mechanics,
Proceedings of the 19th Midwestern Mechanics Conference
1985. Columbus, Ohio.
[8] Miles RN, Reinhall PG. An Analytical Model for the Vibration of
Laminated Beams Including the Effects of Both Shear and Thickness
Deformation in the Adhesive Layer.
ASME Journal of Vibration,
Acoustics, Stress, and Reliability in Design
1986; 108: 56-64.
[9] Reinhall PG, Miles RN. The Effects of Bond Imperfections on the
Dynamic Response of Laminated Beams.
Vibration Damping Workshop II
Proceedings 1986. Las
Vegas, NV, USA.
[10] Miles RN. A Modal Approach
for Calculating the Vibration and Sound Radiation of a Periodically
Stiffened Fuselage Sidewall Driven by a Turbulent Boundary Layer.
AIAA 10th Aeroacoustics Conference 1986. Seattle, WA, USA.
[11] Miles RN, Reinhall PG. A Multi-Mode Analysis of the Nonlinear
Response of Airplane Fuselage Structures to Intense Sound Fields.
AIAA 10th Aeroacoustics Conference
1986. Seattle, WA, USA.
[12] Reinhall PG, Miles RN. Effect of Damping and Stiffness on the Random
Vibration of Nonlinear Periodic Plates.
Journal of Sound and Vibration
1989; 132: 33-42.
[13] Miles RN. An Approximate Solution for the Spectral Response of Duffing’s Oscillator with Random Input. Journal of Sound and Vibration 1989; 132: 43-49.
[14] Miles RN. Effect of Damping on the Predicted Fatigue Life of a Nonlinear Plate. DAMPING-89 Proceedings 1989. West Palm Beach, FL, USA.
[15] Miles RN. Equivalent Linearization for Fatigue Life Estimates of a
Nonlinear Structure.
Proceedings of the 30th
Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference
1989; AIAA paper #89-1355. Mobile, AL, USA.
[16] Miles RN. An Approximate Method for Modal Analysis of Finite
Periodic Structures.
Journal of Sound and Vibration
1989; 134: 165-174.
[17] Miles RN. Equivalent Linearization for Fatigue Life Estimates of a Nonlinear Structure. NASA Technical Memorandum 101536 1989.
[18] Sun JQ, Miles RN. Acoustic Fatigue Life Prediction for Nonlinear
Structures with Multiple Resonant Modes.
Proceedings of the 30th
Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 1990. Long Beach, CA, USA.
[19] Sun JQ, Miles RN. Acoustic Fatigue Life Prediction for Nonlinear Structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration 1991; 150: 531-535.
[20] Miles RN. Effect of Spectral Shape on Acoustic Fatigue Life Predictions. Journal of Sound and Vibration 1992; 153: 376-386.
[21] Garrison MR, Miles RN, Sun J, Bao W. Effect of partial coverage on
the effectiveness of a constrained layer damper on a plate.
Second International Congress on
Recent Developments in Air and Structure -- Borne Sound and Vibration
1992. Auburn, AL, USA.
[22] Robert D, Miles RN, Hoy RR. A novel hearing organ in an acoustic
parasitoid fly.
Meeting of the Acoustical Society
of America 1992 Oct.
New Orleans, LA, USA.
[23] Miles RN. Acoustic Fatigue Life Prediction for Nonlinear Structures
with Multiple Resonant Modes.
NASA CR-190471 Final Report
1992.
[24] Miles RN. Spectral Response of a Bilinear Oscillator. Journal of Sound and Vibration 1993; 163: 319-326.
[25] Miles RN, Xu Y, Bao W. Estimation of Random Bending Strain Using a
Scanning Laser Vibrometer.
AIAA/ASME/AHS 34th Structures,
Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 1993 Apr. La Jolla, CA, USA.
[26] Robert D, Miles R, Hoy R. Structure and function of a novel tympanal
hearing organ in flies.
Abstract for the Society of
Neuroscience 1993.
[27] Miles RN, Bigelow S. Random Vibration of a Beam with a Stick-Slip
End Condition. Journal
of Sound and Vibration
1994; 169: 445-457.
[28] Garrison MR, Miles RN, Sun J, Bao W. Random response of a plate
partially covered by a constrained layer damper.
Journal of Sound and Vibration
1994; 172: 231-245.
[29] Miles RN, Bao W, Xu Y. Estimation of random bending strain in a beam
from discrete vibration measurements.
Journal of Sound and Vibration 1994; 174: 191-199.
[30] Xu Y, Miles RN. An identification algorithm for directing a laser
beam in vibration measurements using a scanning laser vibrometer.
Optics and Lasers in
Engineering 1995; 22:
105-120.
[31] Robert D, Miles RN, Hoy RR, A novel mechanism for directional
hearing in a parasitoid fly.
Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America 1994. Austin, TX, USA.
[32] Robert D, Miles RN, Hoy RR. Directional hearing in the parasitoid
fly Ormia ochracea.
International Conference on
Insect Sound and Vibration
1994 Sep. Graz, Austria.
[33] Masterson PA, Miles RN. Method for the determination of complex shear modulus of viscoelastic adhesives. Proceedings Smart Structures and Materials '95. La Jolla, CA, USA.
[34] Mehl J, Miles RN. Finite element modeling of the transient response of viscoelastic beams. Proceedings Smart Structures and Materials '95. La Jolla, CA, USA.
[35] Xu Y, Miles RN. Non-destructive evaluation of the structural damage
based on strain distribution information.
Proceedings Smart Structures and
Materials '95. La
Jolla, CA, USA.
[36] Miles RN, Robert D, Hoy RR. Mechanically coupled ears for directional hearing in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1995; 98: 3059-3070.
[37] Xu Y, Miles RN. Full-field random bending strain measurement of a
plate from vibration measurements.
Journal of Sound and Vibration 1996; 19: 847-858.
[38] Moccio CA, Miles RN. Measurement of the transfer function between bending strain and a transient load using a scanning laser vibrometer. Journal of Sound and Vibration 1996; 189: 661-668.
[39] Robert D, Miles RN, Hoy RR. Directional hearing by mechanical
coupling in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea. Journal of
Comparative Physiology 1996; 179: 29-44.
[40] Xu Y, Miles RN. Experimental
determination of bending strain power spectra from vibration
measurements.
Experimental Mechanics
1996; 36: 166-172.
[41] Robert D, Miles RN, Tieu TD, Hoy RR. Intertympanal coupling as an innovative mechanism for directional hearing in the parasitoid fly 0. ochracea. International Conference on Insect Sound and Vibration 1996. Woods Hole, MA, USA
[42] Tieu TD, Cocroft RB, Miles RN, Hoy RR. Mechanical Model of the
Vibration of the Treehopper Unibonia crassicornis.
International Conference on
Insect Sound and Vibration
1996. Woods Hole, MA, USA.
[43] Miles RN, Robert D, Hoy RR. Symmetric and Anti-symmetric Vibrational Modes for Directional Hearing in the Fly Ormia ochracea. International Conference on Insect Sound and Vibration 1996. Woods Hole, MA, USA.
[44] Robert D, Miles RN, Hoy RR. Directional hearing in the fly O.
ochracea: Mechanical coupling in acoustic and non-acoustic experiments.
Proceedings: German Neurobiology
1997 Goettingen,
Germany.
[45] Miles RN, Tieu TD, Robert D, Hoy RR. A mechanical analysis of the novel ear of the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea. Proceedings: Diversity in Auditory Mechanics. E. R. Lewis, et. al. (Eds.) 1997; World Scientific: Singapore: 18-24.
[46] Sun JQ, Bao W, Miles RN. Fatigue life prediction of nonlinear plates
under random excitations.
ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
1998; 120: 353-360.
[47] Robert D, Miles RN, Hoy RR. Tympanal mechanics in the parasitoid fly
Ormia ochracea: intertympanal coupling during mechanical
vibration. Journal of
Comparative Physiology
1998; 183: 443-452.
[48] Jiang L, Miles RN. Passive damper for the vibration modes of the
head actuator in hard disk drives. Journal of Sound and Vibration
1999; 220 (4): 683-694.
[49] Robert D, Miles RN, Hoy RR. Tympanal hearing in the sarcophagid
parasitoid fly Emblemasoma sp.: the biomechanics of directional
hearing. The Journal of
Experimental Biology
1999; 202: 1865-1876.
[50] Miles RN, Sundermurthy S. A biologically inspired directional
microphone concept for hearing aids.
International Hearing Aid
Research Conference
2000. Lake Tahoe, CA, USA.
[51] Cocroft RB, Tieu TD, Hoy RR, Miles RN. Directionality in the
mechanical response to substrate vibration in a treehopper (Hemiptera:
Membracidae: Umbonia crassicornis).
[52] Gibbons C, Miles RN. Design of a Biomimetic Directional Microphone
Diaphragm. Proceedings of the International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
2000 Nov.
Orlando, FL, USA.
[53] Yoo K, Yeh J-LA, Tien NC, Gibbons C, Su Q, Cui W, Miles RN. Fabrication of a biomimetic corrugated polysilicon diaphragm with attached single crystal silicon proof masses. Transducers 01 Eurosensors XV: The 11th international conference on solid-state sensors and actuators 2001 Jun 10-14; 130-133. Munich, Germany.
[54] Miles RN, Cocroft RB, Gibbons C, Batt D. A bending wave simulator for investigating directional vibration sensing in insects. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2001; 110: 579-587.
[55] Miles RN. Biologically inspired directional microphones for hearing aids. Proceedings of the Second McMaster-Gennum Workshop on Intelligent Hearing Instruments 2001 Sep 30 - Oct 2. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
[56] Miles RN, Tan L, Sundermurthy S. Design of a Biologically Inspired Directional Acoustic Sensor. Proceedings of the 2001 MSS Acoustic and Seismic Sensing, Magnetic and Electric Field Sensors Meeting, Applied Physics Lab 2001 Oct 23-26.
[57] Miles RN, Cocroft RB. A Biological Model for Directional Sensing of Seismic Vibration. Proceedings of the 2001 MSS Acoustic and Seismic Sensing, Magnetic and Electric Field Sensors Meeting, Applied Physics Lab 2001 Oct 23-26.
[58] Miles RN, Gibbons C, Gao J, Yoo K, Su Q, Cui W. A silicon nitride microphone diaphragm inspired by the ears of the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2001 Nov; 110 (5) 2: Abstract 2aEA1: 2645.
[59] Yoo K, Yeh J-LA, Tien NC, Gibbons C, Su Q, Miles RN. Fabrication of biomimetic 3-D structured diaphragms. Sensors and Actuators A 2002; 97-98: 448-456.
[60] Miles RN, Cui W, Miller RA, Su Q, Tan L, Weinstein MG. Response of a biologically inspired MEMS differential microphone diaphragm. Proceedings of the SPIE AeroSense 2002; 4743-15. Orlando, FL, USA.
[61] Lockwood ME,
Mohan S, Jones DL,
Su Q, Miles RN. Beamforming with Collocated Microphone Arrays.
Presented at the
Meeting of the Acoustical Society
of America 2003 Nov 13.
[62] Wu NE, Miles RN, Aydin OA. A digital feedback damping scheme for a micromachined directional microphone. Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference 2004 Jun 30. Boston, MA, USA.
[63] Homentcovschi D, Miles RN. Modeling of viscous damping of perforated planar microstructures. Applications in acoustics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2004 Nov; 116 (5): 2939-2947. Selected in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 2004; 10 (21.)
[64] Homentcovschi D, Miles RN. Viscous damping of perforated planar micromechanical structures. Sensors & Actuators A 2005; 119: 544-552.
[65] Homentcovschi D, Miles RN, Tan L. Influence of viscosity on the diffraction of sound periodic array of screens. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2005 May; 117 (5): 2761-2771.
[66] Younis MI, Miles RN. Response of MEMS Devices Under Shock Loads. Proceedings of IMECE2005: 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2005 Nov 5-11. Orlando, FL, USA.
[67] Gao J, Miles RN, Cui W. Stress analysis of a novel MEMS microphone chip using Finite Element Analysis. Proceedings of IMECE2005: 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2005 Nov 5-11. Orlando, FL, USA.
[68] Miles RN, Hoy RR. The development of a
biologically-inspired directional microphone for hearing aids.
Audiology & Neurotology 2006;
11 (2): 86-94.
[69] Cui W, Jones SA, Miles RN, Degertekin FL, Hall N, Bicen B. Optical Sensing in a Directional Microphone Inspired by the Ears of the Parasitoid Fly, Ormia ochracea. 19th IEEE Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems MEMS 2006 Jan 22-26. Istanbul, Turkey.
[70] Homentcovschi D, Aubrey M, Miles RN. A two-dimensional model of a directional microphone: Calculation of the normal force and moment on the diaphragm. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2006 Feb; 119 (2): 756-768.
[71] Homentcovschi D, Miles RN. Viscous scattering of a pressure wave: Calculation of the fluid tractions on a biomimetic acoustic velocity sensor. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2006 Feb; 119 (2): 777-787.
[72] McNett GD, Miles RN, Homentcovschi D, Cocroft RB. A method for two-dimensional characterization of animal vibrational signals transmitted along plant stems. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 2006 Dec; 192 (12): 1245-1251 (7).
[73] Younis MI, Miles RN, Jordy D. Investigation of the response of microstructures under the combined effect of mechanical shock and electrostatic forces. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 2007 Oct 4; 16:.2463-2474.
[74] Miles RN, Homentcovschi D. A boundary integral approach to analyze the viscous scattering of a pressure wave by a rigid body. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 2007 Oct; 31 (10) 844-855.
[75] Miles RN. Novel Biologically-Inspired Directional Microphone. Echoes, The newsletter of the Acoustical Society, 2007 Spring; 17 (2): 4-5.
[76] Homentcovschi D, Cui W, Miles RN. Modelling of Viscous Squeeze-Film Damping and the Edge Correction for Perforated Microstructures Having a Special Pattern of Holes. Proceedings of the ASME 2007 IDETC/CIE 2007 Sep 4-7. Las Vegas, NV, USA.
[77] Younis MI, Asaleem FM, Miles RN, Su Q. Characterization for the Performance of Capacitive Switches Activated by Mechanical Shock. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 2007 Jul; 17 (7): 1360-1370.
[78] Homentcovschi D, Miles RN. Viscous
microstructural dampers with aligned holes: design procedure including
the edge correction. Journal of
the Acoustical Society of America 2007 Jun; 122 (3):1556-1567.
Selected for 2007 Sep 10 issue of
Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
[79] Homentcovschi D, Miles RN. Influence of viscosity on the reflection and transmission of an acoustic wave by a periodic array of screens: The general 3-D problem. Wave Motion 2008 Jan; 45 (2008):191-206.
[80]
Miles RN, Su Q, Cui W, Jones SA, Degertekin
FL, Bicen B, Garcia C. A low-noise biomimetic differential
microphone. Invited talk to be presented at the
155th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America 29 Jun – 4 Jul 2008;