Vibration · Dynamics · Noise

Making machines and pipes make sense.

I'm Muhammad Yasir, a vibration engineer working on flow- and acoustic-induced vibration and rotating machinery diagnostics. Nodal is where my LinkedIn explainers live in full, with interactive simulations, code and data you can download and play with.

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4+ yrsvibration & reliability engineering

Cat IIIISO 18436-2 vibration analyst

CMRPmaintenance & reliability

3 countriesproject work in UAE, Bahrain, Iraq

Latest explainers

Diagnostics

Why looseness makes harmonics

Clip a sine wave and watch 2X, 3X and half-orders appear.

Interactive · Python download · 6 min Signal processing

What an FFT actually sees

Build a signal from sine waves, bury it in noise, and watch the spectrum pull it apart.

Interactive · Python download · 5 min

Time–frequency

Wavelets for engineers

When the FFT's assumption of a steady signal breaks down.

Coming soon

Also here

Software

Skipper Vibration Analysis Suite

An offline desktop app for vibration screening and analysis.

Reading list

Resources

The books, standards and explainers I actually recommend.

Now

Day jobVibration engineer at Wood, Abu Dhabi: FIV/AIV studies and site diagnostics for gas processing facilities.
BuildingSkipper, an offline vibration analysis app.
WritingVisual explainers on vibration and signal processing. Wavelets are next.
Working towardChartered Engineer (CEng) through IMechE.

Changelog

2026-10-27Site launched at nodallab.dev with two interactive explainers and a resources list.