Abstract: An avoidance control is an admissible control which permits avoidance of a givenset of state space Rn . Existence theorems for avoidance controls are given for control processes governed by ...

Abstract: The problem of maximizing the minimum distance of a dynamical system’s state from a given closed set, while transferring the system from a given initial state to a given terminal state, is ...

Abstract: An appropriate torsion or coupled bending torsion theory is developed for the dynamic behavior of thin-walled open section beams. A new, more accurate set of governing equations is established ...

Abstract: A general formulation, for the study of free vibrations and frequency response of a multiplate system fully submerged in fluid contained in an enclosure, has been presented. Although the ...

Abstract: The Koehler and Seitz bilinear theory is generalized and related to a similar theory given by Swainger. It is shown that, in contradistinction to the corresponding Hencky theory, the generalized ...