Abstract: Due to the great progresses in the fields of smart structures, especially smart soft materials and structures, the parametric control of nonlinear systems attracts extensive attentions in scientific and industrial communities. ...

Abstract: Variablemass systems become more and more important with the explosive development of microand nanotechnologies, and it is crucial to evaluate the influence of mass disturbances on system random responses. This manuscript ...

Abstract: The simplified governing equations of applied mechanics play a pivotal role and were derived based on ingenious assumptions or hypotheses regarding the displacement fields for specific problems. In this paper, we introduce ...

Abstract: Stochastic averaging, as an effective technique for dimension reduction, is of great significance in stochastic dynamics and control. However, its practical applications in industrial and engineering fields are severely ...

Abstract: The impacting and rebounding behaviors of straight elastic components are investigated and a unified approach is proposed to analytically predict the whole process of the collision and rebounding of straight elastic bars ...

Abstract: Inspired by the phenomenon of localized response intensification in wideband random vibration, a novel procedure is proposed to determine the optimal locations of piezoelectric patch attaching on wideband random point-driven ...

Abstract: In this paper, inerter-based dynamic vibration absorbers (IDVAs) are applied in elastic metamaterials to broaden low-frequency band gaps. A discrete mass-spring lattice system and a distributed metamaterial beam carrying ...

Abstract: This paper concentrates on the random vibration suppression of a regular straight beam by using an inerter-based dynamic vibration absorber. For a wideband random point-driven straight beam with an inerter-based dynamic ...

Abstract: The response control of nonlinear random dynamical systems is an important but also difficult subject in scientific and industrial fields. This work merges the decomposition technique of feedback control and the data-driven ...

Abstract: Canonical equations play a pivotal role in various sub-fields of physics and mathematics. However, for complex systems and systems without first principles, deriving canonical equations analytically is quite laborious or ...