Abstract: Chains of nonlinear shear indeformable beams with distributed mass, resting on movable supports, are considered. To determine the dynamic response of the system, the transfer-matrix approach is ...

Abstract: An integrated procedure based on a direct adaptive control algorithm is applied to structural systems for both vibration suppression and damage detection. The wider class of noncollocated actuator-sensor schemes is ...

Abstract: A generalized damped Beck’s column under pulsating actions is considered. The nonlinear partial integrodifferential equations of motion and the associated boundary conditions, expanded up to cubic ...