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Active and Passive Vibration Control of Structures

Active and Passive Vibration Control of Structures

Active and Passive Vibration Control of Structures form an issue of very actual interest in many different fields of engineering, for example in the automotive and aerospace industry, in precision engineering (e.g. in large telescopes), and also in civil engineering. The papers in this volume bring together engineers of different background, and it fill gaps between structural mechanics, vibrat...

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Dynamics of Mechanical Systems with Variable Mass

Dynamics of Mechanical Systems with Variable Mass

The book presents up-to-date and unifying formulations for treating dynamics of different types of mechanical systems with variable mass. The starting point is overview of the continuum mechanics relations of balance and jump for open systems from which extended Lagrange and Hamiltonian formulations are derived. Corresponding approaches are stated at the level of analytical mechanics with empha...

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Multiscale Modeling of Complex Materials. Phenomenological, Theoretical and Computational Aspects

Multiscale Modeling of Complex Materials. Phenomenological, Theoretical and Computational Aspects

The papers in this volume deal with materials science, theoretical mechanics and experimental and computational techniques at multiple scales, providing a sound base and a framework for many applications which are hitherto treated in a phenomenological sense. The basic principles are formulated of multiscale modeling strategies towards modern complex multiphase materials subjected to various ty...

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Modal Analysis of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems

Modal Analysis of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems

The book first introduces the concept of nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) and their two main definitions. The fundamental differences between classical linear normal modes (LNMs) and NNMs are explained and illustrated using simple examples. Different methods for computing NNMs from a mathematical model are presented. Both advanced analytical and numerical methods are described. Particular attentio...

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Separated Representations and PGD-Based Model Reduction Fundamentals and Applications

Separated Representations and PGD-Based Model Reduction Fundamentals and Applications

The papers in this volume start with a description of the construction of reduced models through a review of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and reduced basis models, including their mathematical foundations and some challenging applications, then followed by a description of a new generation of simulation strategies based on the use of separated representations (space-parameters, space-t...

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