William D. Mark , Ph.D. Senior Scientist Applied Research Laboratory Phone:(814) 865-3922 E-mail: wdm6@psu.edu

Research Interests

• Gear system noise
• Dynamics and performance prediction
• Gear metrology
• Random processes
• Deterministic and random signal analysis
• Conditioned based maintenance

Acoustics Graduate Students

• C. Reagor

Publications

S. H. Crandall and W. D. Mark, Random Vibration in Mechanical Systems, ; Academic Press, New York , 1963.

Mark, W. D. , "Elements of Gear Noise Prediction," in Noise and Vibration Control Engineering-Principles and Applications, (L. L. Beranek and I. L. Ver, Editors) John Wiley and Sons, New York , Chapter 21 (1992).

W. D. Mark,"Gear Noise," in Handbook of Acoustical Measurements and Noise Control, 3rd edition (C. M. Harris, Editor), McGraw-Hill, New York, Chapter 36 (1991).

W. D. Mark, "Power Spectrum Representation for Nonstationary Random Vibration," in Random Vibration - Status and Recent Developments, ( I. Elishakoff and R. h. Lyon , Editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam , (1986).

W. D. Mark, "Gear Noise Excitation," in Engine Noise: Excitation, Vibration, and Radiation, (R. Hickling and M. M. Kamal, Editors) Plenum Press, New York , (1982).

W. D. Mark, "Method for Precision Calibration of Rotary Scale Errors and Precision Determination of Gear Tooth Index Errors," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing , 12 (4), 723-752 (November 1998).

W. D. Mark, "Contributions to the Vibratory Excitation of Gear Systems from Periodic Undulations on Tooth Running Surfaces," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. , 86 (4), 1432-1445 (October 1989).

W. D. Mark, "Probability Density and Exceedance Rate Functions of Locally Gaussian Turbulence," Journal of Sound and Vibration , 135 (1), 143-160 (November 1989).

W. D. Mark, "Probability Density Approximations of Linear System Responses to Intensity Modulated Gaussian Processes," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. , 86 (4), 1432-1445 (October 1989).

W. D. Mark, "The Generalized Transmission Error of Parallel-Axis Gears," ASME Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design , 111 (3), 414-423, (September 1989).

W. D. Mark, "An Extremum Principle for Computation of the Zone of Tooth Contact and Generalized Transmission Error of Spiral Bevel Gears," ASME Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design , 110 (2), 211-220 (June 1988).

W. D. Mark, "Effects of Bearing Offset and Flexibility on the Mesh Force Distribution of Spiral Bevel Gears"," ASME Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design , 110 (2), 203-210 (June 1988).

W. D. Mark, "Effects of Intensity Modulations on the Power Spectra of Random Processes," Journal of Sound and Vibration , 119 , 451-485 (December 1987).

W. D. Mark, "The Role of the Discrete Fourier Transform in the Contribution to Gear Transmission Error Spectra from Tooth-Spacing Errors," Proceedings of the institution of Mechancial Engineers , 201 (C3), 227-229 (1987).

W. D. Mark, "Analytical Reconstruction of the Running Surfaces of Gear Teeth. Part 2: Combining Tooth Spacing Measurements with Profile and Lead Measurements," ASME Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design , 109 , 268-274 (June 1987).

W. D. Mark, "Use of the Generalized Transmission Error in the Equations of Motion of Gear Systems," ASME Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design , 109 , 283-291 (June 1987).

 

 

Graduate Program in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University