Abstract: The free motion of an undamped pendulum-type vibration absorber is studied on the basis of approximate nonlinear equations of motion. It is shown that this type of mechanical system exhibits ...

Abstract: This study is concerned with the influence of axial inertia upon the elastic bending motion of initially slightly curved columns acted on by time-dependent axial forces. The equations of motion ...

Abstract: Linear, nonlinear, and dynamic programming formulations are developed for the solution of the min-max response of a single-degree-of-freedom dynamic system with incompletely prescribed input functions. ...