Special Topics & Experimental Techniques in Structural Dynamics, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 44th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2026, the fifth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on:

• Experimental Techniques
• Dynamics of Rotating Machinery
• Metamaterials, Metastructures and Additive Manufacturing
• Dynamics of Biomedical and Bioinspired Systems

Dario Di Maio, Matthew Allen, Matthew Stefanski, Chad Walber