1st Edition

Nonlinear Modeling and Applications, Volume 2 Proceedings of the 28th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2010

Edited By Tom Proulx Copyright 2011
186 Pages
by River Publishers

This the second volume of five from the 28th IMAC on Structural Dynamics and Renewable Energy, 2010, bringing together 17 chapters on Applications of Non-Linear Dynamics. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations on Non-Linear Dynamics including studies on Dynamics of a System of Coupled Oscillators with Geometrically Nonlinear Damping, Assigning the Nonlinear... Read more
1 Dynamics of a System of Coupled Oscillators with Geometrically Nonlinear Damping 2 Assigning the Nonlinear Distortions of a Two-input Single-output System 3 A Multi-harmonic Approach to Updating Locally Nonlinear Structures 4 A Block Rocking on a Seesawing Foundation 5 Enhanced Order Reduction of Forced Nonlinear Systems Using New Ritz Vectors 6 Reduction Methods for MEMS Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis 7 On the Identification of Hysteretic Systems, Part I: An Extended Evolutionary Scheme 8 On the Identification of Hysteretic Systems, Part II: Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis 9 Identifying and Quantifying Structural Nonlinearities from Measured Frequency Response Functions 10 Detection and Quantification of Nonlinear Dynamic Behaviors in Space Structures 11 An Approach to Non-linear Experimental Modal Analysis 12 Development of a Dynamic Model for Subsurface Damage in Sandwich Composite Materials 13 Transmissibility Analysis for State Awareness in High Bandwidth Structures Under Broadband Loading Conditions 14 Experimental Study on Parametric Anti-resonances of an Axially Forced Beam 15 Phase Resonance Testing of Nonlinear Vibrating Structures 16 Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Structures Using Nonlinear Indicator Functions 17 Composite Damage Detection Using Laser Vibrometry with Nonlinear Response Characteristics.

Biography

Dr. Tom Proulx is the Executive Director of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.