Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications: Applied Mechanics, Vibration Control, and Numerica

Part I Analytical Nonlinearity.- The Analysis and Control of the Nonlinear Vibrations of an Axially-Translating String.- Vehicle Dynamics Between Two Steady-States by Variable Steering.- Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications.- an Approach to Optimal Stable Control of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems.- A Novel Cubically Convergent Iterative Method for Computing Complex Roots of Nonlinear Equations.- Analysis of Periodicities in Planetary Motions.- Dynamic Contact and Scratch Analysis at the Micro/Nanoscale.- Part II Practical Nonlinearity.- The Loss Tangent of Linear and Non-Linear Visco-Elastic Models.- Nonlinear Optimal Control with Receding Horizon - A Case Study of a Wheeled Robot Climbing an Oscillating Pole.- Statistical Methods for the Analysis Of Oscillatory Climate Time Series.- Nonlinear Approaches in Medical Image Registration.- Non-Linear Dynamics and Control of Cooperative Super-Flexible Robotic Arm Manipulators & Catapults.- FE Post Buckling Analysis of a Large Diameter Thin-Walled Tube.- Nonlinear Structural Dynamics of the Vehicle Seat Coupled with Human Body.- Modeling of the Human Discomfort and Fatigue in Response to Vibration.