Publications in Refereed Journals

• D. Russell and L. Hunt "Spring Constants for Hockey Sticks," submitted to Phys. Teach. (6/02/2009)
• D. Russell, "Swing Weights of Baseball and Softball Bats," accepted for publication in Phys. Teach. (to appear in print Spring 2010)
• D.A. Russell, "Basketballs as spherical acoustic cavities," Am. J. Phys., 78(3), xxx-xxx (2010).
• D.A. Russell, D.E. Parker, and R.S. Hughes, "Analysis of standing sound waves using holographic interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 77 (8), 678-682 (2009).
• D.A. Russell, "Bending modes, damping and the perception of sting in baseball bats," Engineering of Sport 6 - Developments for Sports, Vol. 1, pp. 11-16 (2006).
• D.A. Russell, "Hoop frequency as a predictor of performance for softball bats," Engineering of Sport 5, Vol. 2, pp. 641-647 (2004).
• A.M. Nathan, D.A. Russell, and L.V. Smith, "The physics of the trampoline effect in baseball and softball bats," to appear in Engineering of Sport 5, Vol. 2, pp. 38-44 (2004).
• D.A. Russell and N.P. Weibull, "Tabletop thermoacoustic refrigerator for demonstrations," Am. J. Phys., 70(12), 1231-1233 (2002)
• D.A. Russell, "On the sound field radiated by a tuning fork," Am. J. Phys., 68(12), 1139-1145 (2000).
• D.A. Russell, J.P. Titlow, and Y.J. Bemmen, "Acoustic monopoles, dipoles, and quadrupoles: An experiment revisited," Am. J. Phys., 67(8), 660-664 (1999).
• D.A. Russell and T.D. Rossing, "Testing the nonlinearity of piano hammers using shock spectra," Acustica, Acta-Acustica , 84(5), 967-975 (1998).
• D.A. Russell and V.W. Sparrow, "Backscattering from a baffled finite plate strip with fuzzy attachments," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98(3) 1527-1533 (1995).
• A.D. Pierce, V.W. Sparrow, and D.A. Russell, "Fundamental Structural-Acoustic Idealizations for Structures with Fuzzy Internals," J. Vib. Acoust. 117, 339-348 (1995).
• V.W. Sparrow, D.A. Russell, and J.L. Rochat, "Implementation of discrete fuzzy structure models in Mathematica," Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 37(17), 3005-3014 (1994).
• T.D. Rossing, D.A. Russell, and D.E. Brown, "On the Acoustics of tuning forks," Am. J. Phys. 60 (7), 620-626 (1992).
• T.D. Rossing and D.A. Russell, "Laboratory observation of elastic waves in solids," Am. J. Phys. 58 (12), 1153-1162 (1990).

Presented Papers with Published Abstracts:

• D.A. Russell, "Sweet spot of a hollow baseball or softball bat," Invited paper for the 148th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, November 15-19, 2004, San Diego, CA. Paper 4aSA in special session: Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Vibration of Sports Equipment. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 116(4) Pt.2, 2602 (2004)
• D. Russell, W. Haveman, W. Broden, N. P. Weibull, and P. Pedersen, "Effect of body shape on the vibration of electric guitars," 145th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN, April 28 - May 2, 2003, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 113(4) Pt 2., 2316, (2003)
• D. A. Russell, "Integration of a full co-op job experience (and direct job placement) with an applied physics curriculum." presented before the American Physical Society March Meeting, March 18-22, 2002, Indianapolis, IN. Paper D7-3 in special session on Educating Physicists for Industrial Careers. Abstract in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 47(1), Pt.1, 240 (2002).[Invited paper]
• D. A. Russell and W. Haveman, "Acoustic and modal analysis of an African djembe drum," 140th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, CA, December 4-8, 2000, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 108(5) Pt 2., 2591, (2000)
• D. A. Russell, "Musical instruments of antiquity as illustrated in The Adventures of Asterix the Gaul," 140th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, CA, December 4-8, 2000, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 108(5) Pt 2., 2618, (2000)
• "Animations for teaching more advanced acousics topics," D. A. Russell, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(4) Pt.2, 2197, (1999) [invited paper]
• "Comparing the vibrational behavior of wood and aluminum baseball bats," D. A. Russell, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(4) Pt.2, 2292, (1999)
• "New experiments on an old NeXT computer," D. A. Russell, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(4) Pt.2, 2140, (1999)
• "Animations Created in Mathematica for Acoustics Education," V. W. Sparrow and D. A. Russell, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103(5) Pt. 2, 1454 (1998) [invited paper]
• "Holographic analysis of standing sound waves in a resonance tube," R. S. Hughes, D. A. Russell, and D. E. Parker, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5) Pt. 2, 3033 (1997)
• "An asymptotic analysis of the added damping effect of a distribution of fuzzy attachments with steady state excitation," D. A. Russell and V. W. Sparrow, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97(5) Pt. 2, 3414 (1995). [This paper won the Structural Vibration and Acoustics student paper award.]
• "Coupling between flexural and membrane wave types due to multi-degree of freedom and rotational fuzzy attachments," D. A. Russell and V. W. Sparrow, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97(5) Pt. 2, 3415 (1995).
• "A mathematical formulation for modeling the type I fuzzy parameters for a continuous line fuzzy attachment," D. A. Russell, V. W. Sparrow, and C. Soize, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95(5) Pt. 2, S2846 (1994). [invited paper]
• "Scattering from a finite width panel with attached internal resonances in an infinite baffle," D. A. Russell, J. L. Rochat, A. D. Pierce, and V. W. Sparrow, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93(4) Pt. 2, S2412 (1993).
• "Acoustic scattering from a fluid loaded plate with an attached structural fuzzy," D. A. Russell and V. W. Sparrow, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 91(4) Pt. 2, S2440 (1992).
• "Shock spectra of piano hammers," D. A. Russell and T. D. Rossing, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, S186 (1990).
• "Demonstrating modes of vibration in bars and plates with simple apparatus," D. A. Russell and R. R. Korte, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 1 87, S32 (1990).

Papers Presented at Conferences:

• "Tuning a bat to optmize the trampoline effect," D. A. Russell, presented at the Sporting Goods & Manufacturers Association Baseball & Softball Council Fall Meeting, Dallas, TX, October 2-4, 2004.
• "Implimenting a `Just-In-Time' approach to engineering physics courses," D. A. Russell, 1998 AAPT Summer meeting, Lingoln, NE, August 3-8, 1999. [invited paper]
• "Making Waves on the World Wide Web," D. Russell, Paper CF-7 presented at Fall meeting of the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, November 1-2, 1996, Athens OH.
• "Laboratory Instruction in Acoustics and Vibration," T. Cameron and D. Russell, Session 2526, Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, D.C.
• "Coupling Simulation and Experiment in Noise and Vibration Engineering," T. Cameron and D. Russell, Session 3226, Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, D.C.

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