Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2025, the fifth volume of twelve from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

1 Using Mode Shapes from Cell Phone Videos for Machinery Health Monitoring

Shawn Richardson and Mark Richardson

2 Rotordynamic Analysis of the Turbopump Using Superelement Approach

Yunus Ozcelik, Hakan Bayraktar, and Yunus Tufek

3 Metamaterial-Based Vibration Mitigation for Enhanced Reliability of an Automotive Inverter: A Numerical Study

Sara Tincani, Claus Claeys, Elke Deckers, Nimish Pandiya, and Christian Dindorf

4 Test-vs-Simulation Correlation of Noise Emission in a Bent-Axis Pump

Bhaskar Banerjee, Michael Kwarta, Zuher Abdel Mallak, Marcus Wiklund L˚ang, Per-Ola Vallebrant, Adarsh Chaurasia, and Omer Kayani

5 A Brief Review of RoboticWelding Technology for Structural Steel Applications

Ahmad Rababah, Feras Abla, Sahabeddin Rifai, Guilherme Pereira, Devin Huber, and Onur Avci

6 Bridging Minds and AI for Enhanced Autonomous Driving

Roveri Nicola, Silvia Milana, Antonio Culla, Gianluca Pepe, and Antonio Carcaterra

7 Rotordynamic Influence of Balance Pistons with Combined Axial and Radial Flow

Maximilian M.G. Kuhr, Zhengzhong Gao, and Peter F. Pelz

8 Investigating the Propulsive Efficiency of Bio-Inspired Fish-like Elastic Caudal Fin through Dynamic Analysis and Experimental Validation

E. Paifelman, S. Milana, A. Culla, G. Costantino Muniz, F. Passacantilli, and E. Ciappi

9 Bandgap Design of Metamaterial Structures by Varying Local Resonator Properties

Hannes W‥ohler and Sebastian Tatzko

10 Experimental Investigation of the Damping Effect of Inherent Particle Damping Under Centrifugal Load

Mirco Jonkeren and Sebastian Tatzko

11 Greedy Source Placement Optimization for MIMO Control of Ground-Based Vibration Tests

Chandler Smith, Timothy Walsh, Wilkins Aquino, Drew Kouri, and Ryan Schultz

12 Design and Testing of Vibroacoustic Metamaterials for Active Damping of Traffic Noises

W. Kaal, M. M. Becker, L. S. Kollmannsperger, and S. C. L. Fischer

13 pyFBS: A Python Package for Frequency Based Substructuring and Transfer Path Analysis

Domen Ocepek, Miha Kodriˇc, Francesco Trainotti, Miha Pogaˇcar, Tomaˇz Bregar, Daniel Jean Rixen, and Gregor Cˇ epon

14 Non-contact Video-based Heart Rate Monitoring using Hilbert Motion Magnification

Camilly S. Costa, Gustavo N. Castro, Yuri S. A. Alencar, Victor H. R. Cardoso, Jo˜ao C. W. A. Costa and Mois’es F. Silva

15 Variable Atwood Number Rayleigh-Taylor InstabilitiesInduced by Volumetric Energy Deposition

Clara S. Bender, Anna C. Cardall, Fabian A. Rodriguez, Joseph A. Kerwin, Ricardo Mejia, and Adam J. Wachtor

16 Identification of Linear Time-variant Rotor Components in Resonance Crossing Experimental Validation

Luigi Carassale, Roberto Guida, and Davide Iaffaldano

17 Efficient Simulation of Soft Tissue for Human, Robotics, and Exoskeleton Applications

Stefan Holzinger, Andreas Zw‥olfer, and Daniel Rixen

18 Piezo Elements to Improve Dynamic Response of Load Cells

M. Vanali, C. Rossi, S. Pavoni, M. Berardengo, and S. Manzoni

19 Monitoring the Interface Behaviour of Bolted Joints

T. Mace, S. Gilbert, T. Moghadam, and P. Pandey