Gareth Forbes

PhD Candidate (expected completion date, 2009)

Research Interests:

• PhD topic “Turbine casing response to blade excitation”
• Signal processing for mechanical applications
• Mechanical systems under the influence of Cyclostationary excitation forces
• Structural dynamics
• Structures under moving loads

Education/Employment:

Awards/Representation:

• Deans Honours List 2004
• Deans Honours List 2005
• University Postgraduate Award '06
• DSTO supplementary scholarship '07 –
• Elected post-graduate student representative of Engineering Faculty Board '08
• Young Engineers Australia Sydney Division Committee member '08-09

Professional Societies:

• GradIEAust, Engineers Australia

Publications:

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles :

• Forbes, GL & Randall, RB 2008, 'Resonance phenomena of an elastic ring under a moving load', Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 318, no. 4-5, pp. 991-1004.

Conference Papers :

• Forbes, GL & Randall, RB 2009, 'Gas Turbine Casing Response to Blade Vibrations: Analytical and Experimental results', In Sixth DSTO International Conference on Health & Usage Monitoring, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia.
• Forbes, GL & Randall, RB 2009, 'Gas Turbine Casing Vibrations under Blade Pressure Excitation', In Proceedings of The 2009 Conference of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Dayton, pp. 723-733.
• Forbes, GL & Randall, RB 2008, 'Detection of a Blade Fault from Simulated Gas Turbine Casing Response Measurements', In Proceedings of the Fourth European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, DEStech Publications, Inc., pp. 882-889.
• Forbes, GL & Randall, RB 2008, 'Separation of Excitation Forces from Simulated Gas Turbine Casing Response Measurements', In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton.
• Forbes, GL & Randall, RB 2007, 'Simulated Gas Turbine Casing Response to Rotor Blade Pressure Excitation', In Proceedings of the Fifth Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Engineers Australia, pp. 414-419.