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Research
Interests
Rao's areas of expertise include automotive noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), damping of materials and joints, development of innovative concepts of damping enhancements for vibration control using viscoelastic damping materials, and noise control. He received the NASA New Technology Award in 1990 from NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, for his research on the damping of composite materials of the Hubble Space Telescope. He also received the NSF Research Initiation Award in 1989.
Publications
- Rao, M.D., and Black, M.D., “Evaluation
and Reduction of Steering Column Vibration of a Real Wheel Sedan,”
International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, 1, 122-141.
2004.
- Rao, M.D., Wirkner, K.J., and Gruenberg, S., “Dynamic
Characterization of Automotive Exhaust Isolators”, Journal
of Automobile Engineering, Vol. 218, 891-900, 2004.
- Spruit, M., Rao, M.D, et al. “Study of Noise Transmission
from a Table Saw,” Sound and Vibration, July 2004, pp. 20-26.
- Rao, M.D., “ Recent Applications of Viscoelastic Damping
for Noise and Vibration Control in Automobiles and Commercial Airplanes,
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 262, 457-474, 2003.
- Holt, J., Rao, M.D., Blough, J., and Gruenberg, S., “The
Use of Unique Time History Input Excitation in the Dynamic Characterization
of Automotive Mounts,” SAE Paper No. 2003-01-1463, SAE Noise
and Vibration Conference, May 2003, Traverse City.
- Rao, M.D., and Letowski, T., “ Speech Intelligibility
of the Call Sign Acquisition Test (CAT) for Army Communication Systems,”
Audio Engg. Society Convention Paper 5836, Presented at the 114th
Convention, March 2003, Amsterdam.
- Bloss, B. and Rao, M.D., “Measurement of Damping in
Structures by the Power Input Method,” Experimental Techniques,
Vol. 26, No. 3, May/June 2002, pp. 30-32.
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