Exploiting Nonlinear Behavior in Structural Dynamics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wagg, David J. (Editor), Virgin, Lawrence (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: CISM Courses and Lectures, 536
• Subjects: Engineering.; Structural mechanics.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Civil engineering.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Structural Mechanics.; Civil Engineering.

The articles in this volume give an overview and introduction to nonlinear phenomena in structural dynamics. Topics treated are approximate methods for analyzing nonlinear systems (where the level of nonlinearity is assumed to be relatively small), vibration isolation, the mitigation of undesirable...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory material
• Approximate methods for analyzing nonlinear structures
• Vibration isolation
• Designing nonlinear torsional vibration absorbers
• Vibrations of beams in the elasto-plastic and geometrically nonlinear regime
• Control and exploitation of nonlinearity in smart structures.