Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Wave propagation in functionally graded material bar due to collision. - Rough dynamic response prediction for simple railway bridge subjected to high-speed trains. - Speed-gradient control of mechanical systems with constraints. - About coupling of the block elements. - Fractional derivative appearing in some dynamic problems. - Hydroelastic stability of single and coaxial cylindrical shells interacting with axial and rotational fluid flows. - Flexible robots: modeling and simulation. - Structural monitoring through acquisition of images. - SMA passive elements for damping in the stayed cables of bridge. - Temperature effects on the response of the bridge "OEBB Bruecke Grosshaslau". -Controlled passage through resonance for two-rotor vibration unit. - High-strength network structure of jungle-gym type polyimide gels studies with scanning microscopic light scattering. - Extension of the body force analogy to generalized thermoelasticity. - Active vibration and noise control of a car engine: modeling and experimental validation. - Magnetic techniques for estimating elastic and plastic strains in steels under cyclic loading. - Induction machine torque control with self-tuning capabilities. - On equivalences in the dynamic analysis of layered structures. - Turbulent flow characteristics controlled by polymers. - Dynamic mechanical properties of functionally graded syntactic epoxy foam. - Problems of describing phase transitions in solids. - A non-linear theory for piezoelectric beams. - Nonlinear analysis of phase-locked loop. - Constitutive models for anisotropic materials susceptible to loading conditions. - Applicability of various fracture mechanics approaches for short fiber reinforced injection molded polymer composites and components. - The deformation-diffusion coupling in thin elastomeric gels. - Elastoplastic analogy constitutive model for rate-dependent frictional sliding. - Improved position control of a mechanical system using terminal attractors. - Convex design for lateral control of a blended wing body aircraft. - Observability and reachability, a geometric point of view. - The model of a deformable string with discontinuities at spatial description in the dynamics of a belt drive. - Doppler effects for dispersive waves in beam and plate with a moving edge. - Effect of road surface roughness on extraction of bridge frequencies by moving vehicle.