WAVE MOTION, INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES AND NONLINEAR MECHANICS

This book is a collection of papers on the subject of appliedsystem dynamics and control written by experts in this field. Itoffers the reader a sampling of exciting research areas in threefast-growing branches: (i) Wave Motion (ii) Intelligent Structures(Iii) Nonlinear Mechanics. The topics covered include flowinstability, nonlinear mode localization autoparametric systems withpendula, and geometric stiffening in multibody dynamics. Mathematicalmethods include perturbation methods, modern control theory, nonlinearneural nets, and resonance scattering theory ofberall-Ripoche-Maze. Applications include sound-induced structuralvibrations, fiber acoustic waveguides, vibration suppression ofstructures, linear control of gyroscopic systems, and nonlinearcontrol of distributed systems. This book shows how applied systemdynamics and control is currently being utilized and investigated. Itwill be of interest to engineers, applied mathematicians andphysicists.