... 12 2011 nonlinear dynamical systems nonlinear media The nonlinear energy sink (NES) has been defined as a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structural element with relatively small mass and weak dissipation, attached to a primary structure via essentially nonlinear coupling [( 1 2 3...

... 01 02 2011 01 02 2011 electrostatic actuators finite difference methods internal stresses nonlinear dynamical systems Poincare mapping stability tensile strength microelectrostatic device MEMS hybrid method differential transformation finite difference method...

... nonlinear dynamical systems vibrations multibody dynamics singular mass matrix general constrained systems multiscale dynamical systems use of more generalized coordinates than minimum The motion of a multibody system is generally highly nonlinear and often complex. Formulating equations...

... that compare excellently with the numerically computed ones. 31 08 2009 20 08 2010 16 09 2010 08 11 2010 08 11 2010 nonlinear dynamical systems oscillators Duffing–van der Pol equation homotopy analysis method limit cycle computational cost Nonlinear phenomena...

... other, and the classical stochastic linearization scheme, to determine their efficacy. 10 01 2008 13 04 2009 25 03 2010 25 03 2010 linearisation techniques nonlinear dynamical systems stochastic processes Stochastic nonlinear dynamics has reached the level...

... actuators adaptive systems embedded systems finite element analysis nonlinear dynamical systems Bistable structures have great potential for use in adaptive systems and may be used as building blocks for multistable structures with very large numbers of discrete stable configurations ( 1...

... Nonlinear Systems by the Path Integration Method ,” Int. J. Non-Linear Mech. , 41 ( 5 ), pp. 693 – 705 . 0020-7462 Johnsen , J. M. , 1992 , “ Response Statistics of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems ,” Ph.D. thesis, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim...

... (but are not limited to) system identification of nonlinear dynamic systems and neural-network-based damage detection. In this and previous studies ( Pei, J. S., 2001, “Parametric and Nonparametric Identification of Nonlinear Systems,” Ph.D. thesis, Columbia University ; Pei, J. S., and Smyth, A. W., 2006, “A New...

... not be identical to one another. The method is inspired by recent results in analytical dynamics, and it leads to the determination of the set of control forces to create such synchronization between highly nonlinear dynamical systems. No linearizations or approximations are involved, and the exact control forces...

... is a unique analysis of a particular physical phenomena, as well as illustrating the equivalence of different nonlinear analysis tools for this analysis. 06 11 2006 15 02 2007 06 02 2008 thermoacoustics gas turbines combustion limit cycles nonlinear dynamical systems bifurcation...

.... Computer simulation has confirmed the analytical predictions which had been obtained. Experimental verification of the analytical prediction is considered for a particular type of sink. 07 09 2005 02 08 2006 nonlinear dynamical systems damping oscillators inhomogeneous media...

... nonlinear dynamical systems statistical distributions Markov processes Gaussian noise white noise Fokker-Planck equation Galerkin method series (mathematics) eigenvalues and eigenfunctions boundary-value problems The response of nonlinear oscillators subjected to random excitations has been...

... , Springer , New York . 12 04 2005 01 02 2006 mechanical contact damping elasticity discrete Fourier transforms nonlinear dynamical systems The vibratory motions at contact interfaces of elastic solids have been of interest to several investigators. Dynamic motions...

... 05 2005 07 12 2005 shells (structures) buckling mechanical stability Galerkin method Newton-Raphson method finite difference methods nonlinear dynamical systems The behavior of shell-like structures under buckling is characterized by a limit point with a snap through...

.... It is demonstrated that the proposed model can effectively predict the nonlinear behavior of field-controllable fluid dampers. 26 01 2004 29 11 2005 electrohydrodynamics magnetohydrodynamics electrorheology magnetorheology compressible flow flow control flow instability nonlinear dynamical...

... the uniform-pressure solution is no longer unique and can be unstable. rods (structures) thermal resistance friction bifurcation mechanical contact deformation nonlinear dynamical systems This is the order ϵ 1 correction to the dominant solution and determines the long term...

...S. Saha Ray; R. K. Bera decomposition nonlinear dynamical systems The correct authors and their affiliations should have been listed as follows: S. Saha Ray Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, B. P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, 137, V.I.P. Road...

... or the presence of a crack. Indeed it is well known that, in the case of simple structures, crack position and depth can be determined from changes in natural frequencies, modes of vibration or the amplitude of the forced response. chaos nonlinear dynamical systems vibrations beams (structures...

..., University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 393106-5070, and will be accepted until four months after final publication in the paper itself in the ASME JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS . 13 September 2004 15 03 2005 nonlinear dynamical systems mechanical stability stochastic...

... section. The closed-form expression for the critical couple can be obtained analytically. 28 January 2004 19 May 2004 01 02 2005 shapes (structures) buckling mechanical stability nonlinear dynamical systems The prediction of snap-through buckling of a shallow arch...