Abstract: This paper presents the results of a pilot study done to establish the characteristics and organizational impact of an emerging breed of managers, who are referred to in this paper as “Super Image Managers” (SIMs). The ...

Abstract: Iterative schemes for obtaining the response of nonclassically damped dynamic systems have been shown to converge when the damping matrix possesses certain specific characteristics. This paper ...

Abstract: In this paper we present a simple, yet powerful, method for the identification of stiffness matrices of structural and mechanical systems from information about

Abstract: This note deals with three aspects of nonproportional damping in linear damped vibrating systems in which the stiffness and damping matrices are not restricted to being symmetric and positive definite. First, we give results ...

Abstract: In this paper we develop a general minimum principle of analytical dynamics that is applicable to nonideal constraints. The new principle encompasses Gauss’s Principle of Least Constraint. We use this principle to obtain ...

Abstract: This paper provides a methodology for optimally locating sensors in a dynamic system so that data acquired from those locations will yield the best identification of the parameters to be identified. It addresses the following ...

Abstract: This paper provides a simple, novel approach for synchronizing the motions of multiple “slave” nonlinear mechanical systems by actively controlling them so that they follow the motion of an ...

Abstract: A quantitative study of the trade-offs between the tasks of control law design and plant identification for linear dynamic systems is presented. The problem is formulated in the context of ...

Abstract: This note provides a direct method for obtaining Lagrange’s equations describing the rotational motion of a rigid body in terms of quaternions by using the so-called fundamental equation of ...