Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dai, Liming (Editor), Jazar, Reza N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Calculus of variations.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.

Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications focuses on nonlinear phenomena that are common in the engineering field. The nonlinear approaches described in this book provide a sound theoretical base and practical tools to design and analyze engineering systems with high efficiency and accuracy a...

Table of Contents:

• Characterizing Nonlinear Dynamic Systems
• Nonlinear Modeling of Squeeze-Film Phenomena
• Nonlinear Mathematical Modeling of Microbeam MEMS
• Complex Motions in a Fermi Oscillator.-Nonlinear Visco-Elastic Materials
• Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling of Nano and Macroscale Systems
• Equilibrium of a Submerged Body with Slack Mooring
• Nonlinear Deployable Mesh Reflectors
• Nonlinearity in an Electromechanical Braking System
• Nonlinear Dynamics of Incompressible Flow
•  Explicit Equation of Motion of Constrained Systems.