Volume VII, Issue 1

Editorial – NONLINEAR APPROACH OF THE SYSTEMS BETWEEN THE DYNAMIC MODELLING DIFFICULTIES AND THE ADVANTAGES OF USING IT IN MECHANICAL DESIGNING Nicuşor DRĂGAN	page 2
Evaluating the Maximum Allowable Drift in a Shear Wall with Variable Stiffness Michel Farid KHOURI	page 3-9
Acoustical Silencers (Mufflers) Nicolae ENESCU, Ioan MAGHETI, Craita Daniela CARP-CIOCARDIA	page 11-15
Methods of Simulation for Dynamic Systems with Friction Cristina OPRIŢESCU, Oana PETCOVICIU, Mihai Ilie TOADER	page 17-20
Diminution Noise and Vibration for Industrial Equipments Designated to Gearbox Testing Corina GRUESCU, Ioan NICOARA	page 21-24
Large Structures Motion Analysis by Image Processing Ionel NICOLAE, Titus CIOARA, Ioan CIREŞ, Amalia ŢÎRDEA, Cristina OPRIŢESCU	page 25-29
The Application of Electrical Strain Gages at a Sgns Type Wagon Tiberiu Ştefan MĂNESCU, Nicuşor Laurenţiu ZAHARIA, Gilbert-Rainer GILLICH	page 31-34
Consideration Upon an Oscillating Mechanical System Cristian DRAGOMIRESCU, Andrei CRĂIFĂLEANU	page 35-39
Construction Equipment Noise Level Decreasing Coefficient – ΔL – Evaluation Diana ANGHELACHE	page 41-42
The Influence of Linear Dissipation in the Hunting Motion Stability of Wheel Set with Elastic Joints System Daniel BALDOVIN, Tudor SIRETEANU, Ana Maria MITU	page 43-48
Noise Attenuation by Using Special Shape Robber Panel Ana Maria MITU, Tudor SIRETEANU, Daniel BALDOVIN	page 49-52
Noise Prediction for a Natural Gas Compression Station Using Custom Sound Barriers Nicolae ENESCU, Ioan MAGHETI, Silviu Emil IONESCU, Adina Cristina IONESCU	page 53-57
Dynamic Hydraulic Dampers for Earthquake Isolated Structural Systems Gavril AXINTI, Fanel SCHEAUA	page 59-62
The Linear Viscoelastic Behavior of the Asphalt Mixture to the Haversine Impulsive Dynamic Actions Specific in Road Traffic Polidor BRATU, Gigel CĂPĂŢÂNĂ	page 63-65