Featured Application The use of mechanical metamaterials in musical instruments could be
an excellent way to engineer the wood of the instrument to obtain a particular sound …

The acoustical properties of wood are primarily a function of its elastic properties. Numerical
and analytical methods for wood material characterization are available, although they are …

Inspired by deep learning applications in structural mechanics, we focus on how to train two
predictors to model the relation between the vibrational response of a prescribed point of a …

In instruments of the violin family, the bridge is the part in charge of transferring the
vibrational energy of the strings into the body and therefore contributes greatly to the sound …

Near-field Acoustic Holography (NAH) is a well-known problem aimed at estimating the
vibrational velocity field of a structure by means of acoustic measurements. In this paper, we …

Violins incorporate numerous interfaces and anisotropic behaviour due to natural materials.
Hence, the modelling of these instruments is extremely complex. The present work …

In this paper we implement a method that combines finite element analysis and artificial
intelligence (AI) to study how the choice of some design and material parameters affects the …

Musical instrument making is often considered a mysterious form of art, its secrets still
escaping scientific quantification. There is not yet a formula to make a good instrument, so …

Which geometrical or material features determine the quality of an instrument is probably the
most debated matter among guitar makers, but also one that is seldom approached with a …

Through computer simulations and synthesis, our research scrutinizes the impact of various
geometric and material modifications on archtop guitar sound. Utilizing an accurate guitar …