Research has shown that the soundboard plays an increasingly important role compared to
the sound hole, back plate, and the bridge at high frequencies. The frequency spectrum of …

Wood is a natural composite, having a porous structure, with a complex elastic symmetry
specific to orthotropic solid, influenced by three mutually perpendicular planes of elastic …

Numerous studies are dedicated to the dynamics of the guitar, the challenge of
interdisciplinary researchers being to find a better approach to the design and construction …

An inverse eigenvalue problem approach to system design is considered. The Cayley-
Hamilton theorem is developed for the general case involving the generalized eigenvalue …

An irregular-shaped plate with dimensions identical to a guitar soundboard is chosen for this
study. It is well known that the classical guitar soundboard is a major contributor to acoustic …

The manufacture of acoustically consistent wooden musical instruments remains
economically demanding and can lead to a great deal of material waste. To address this, the …

An inverse eigenvalue problem is one where a set or subset of (generalized) eigenvalues is
specified and the matrices that generate it are sought. Many methods for solving inverse …

As a musical instrument construction material, wood is both musically and aesthetically
pleasing. Easy to work and abundant, it has traditionally been the material of choice …