Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems

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 lateralcontrol 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.