ENVIRONMENTAL
ACADEMICS
DUKE CEE FACULTY

Brian P Mann

  • Office Location: 144 Hudson Hall
  • Email Address:

Research Area(s): Structural Engineering
Chaos, Dynamics
Nonlinear Dynamics
Adaptive Structures
Vibration
Alternative Energy
Nonlinear Systems
Manufacturing

TEACHING (Fall 2009)

ME 335.01, NONLINEAR MECH VIBRATION,

TEACHING (Spring 2010)

EGR 123L.002, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.01L, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.02L, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.03L, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.04L, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.05L, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.06L, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.07L, DYNAMICS,
EGR 123L.08L, DYNAMICS,

Recent Publications (More Publications)

  1. B. P. Mann, Energy criterion for potential well escapes in a bistable magnetic pendulum, Journal Of Sound And Vibration, vol. 323 no. 3-5 (2009), ppt. 864 -- 876 [abs]
  2. B. P. Mann and F. A. Khasawneh, An energy-balance approach for oscillator parameter identification, Journal Of Sound And Vibration, vol. 321 no. 1-2 (2009), ppt. 65 -- 78 [abs]
  3. B. P. Mann and N. D. Sims, Energy harvesting from the nonlinear oscillations of magnetic levitation, Journal Of Sound And Vibration, vol. 319 no. 1-2 (2009), ppt. 515 -- 530 [abs]
  4. M. H. Kurdi and R. T. Haftka and T. L. Schmitz and B. P. Mann, A Robust Semi-Analytical Method for Calculating the Response Sensitivity of a Time Delay System, Journal Of Vibration And Acoustics-transactions Of The Asme, vol. 130 no. 6 (2008) [abs]
  5. T. Insperger and B. P. Mann and T. Surmann and G. Stepan, On the chatter frequencies of milling processes with runout, International Journal Of Machine Tools \& Manufacture, vol. 48 no. 10 (2008), ppt. 1081 -- 1089 [abs]

Education:

  • D.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Washington University - St. Louis, 2003
  • MS Mechanical Engineering, Washington University - St. Louis, 1999
  • BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri - Columbia, 1996

Research Interests:

    Nonlinear dynamics and vibration utilizing analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques. Fundamental investigations of phenomenon and application areas where dynamical systems theory plays an important role.

Current Ph.D. Students

  • Adam Sneller
  • Samuel Stanton
  • Firas Khasawneh

UPCOMING EVENTS:

CEE Events


Graduate Reading Period
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
12:00 AM-12:00 AM, None

Graduate Classes End
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
10:00 PM-10:00 PM, None

Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
10:30 PM-10:30 PM, None

CEE ON CAMERA: