Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics: Recent submissions
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Continuous Galerkin Petrov Time Discretization Scheme for the Solutions of the Chen System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this paper, the continuous Galerkin Petrov time discretization (cGP) scheme is applied to the Chen system, which is a threedimensional system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with quadratic nonlinearities. In ... -
Accuracy and Computational Efficiency of Finite Element Models for Low Velocity Impact on Composite Structures Subject to Progressive Damage and Delamination1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)There has been growing interest to use composites in load carrying structures where high strength and light weight are of major concern, e.g., oil industry (offshore structures and platforms, pipe systems, and tubings), ... -
Galerkin Approximations for Stability of Delay Differential Equations With Time Periodic Delays
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this paper, we develop Galerkin approximations for determining the stability of delay differential equations (DDEs) with time periodic coefficients and time periodic delays. Using a transformation, we convert the DDE ... -
A Simple Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation for Thin Beams With Large Deformations and Large Rotations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A simple but effective formulation of beams with large deformation and large rotation is derived from the principles of continuum mechanics. Proper assumptions are imposed, and the beam strain tensors are formulated from ... -
Energy Storage and Loss in Fractional Order Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)As fractionalorder systems are becoming more widely accepted and their usage is increasing, it is important to understand their energy storage and loss properties. Fractionalorder operators can be implemented using a ... -
Fractional Derivative Constitutive Models for Finite Deformation of Viscoelastic Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A methodology to derive fractional derivative constitutive models for finite deformation of viscoelastic materials is proposed in a continuum mechanics treatment. Fractional derivative models are generalizations of the ... -
Experimental Validation of a Mechanistic Multibody Model of a Vertical Piano Action
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The validity and accuracy of a highfidelity mechanistic multibody model of a vertical piano action mechanism is examined experimentally and through simulation. An overview of the theoretical and computational framework of ... -
Mixed Coordinate ANCF Rectangular Plate Finite Element
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Higher order finite elements (FEs) based on the absolute nodal coordinate formulation (ANCF) may require the use of curvature vectors as nodal coordinates. The curvature vectors, however, can be difficult to define at the ... -
Aeroelastic Tailoring of Helicopter Blades
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The dynamic loads transmitted from the rotor to the airframe are responsible for vibrations, discomfort and alternate stress on components. A new and promising way to minimize vibration is to reduce dynamic loads at their ... -
Dynamic Modeling of a Six Degree of Freedom Flight Simulator Motion Base
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper presents a closedform solution for the direct dynamic model of a flight simulator motion base. The motion base consists of a six degreeoffreedom (6DOF) Stewart platform robotic manipulator driven by electromechanical ... -
Definition of ANCF Finite Elements
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Since the absolute nodal coordinate formulation (ANCF) was introduced, a large number of fully parametrized and gradient deficient finite elements were developed. Some of the finite elements (FE) proposed do not fall into ... -
Simulation Analysis and Material Optimization of an Aircraft Wing Leading Edge When Subjected to an Artificial Bird Strike
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Bird strike resistance is a strict certification requirement in aircraft industries, and the Federal Aviation Regulations specifically gives various specifications to be followed for certification of various parts of the ... -
On Robust Control of Fractional Order Plants: Invariant Phase Margin
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Recently, a robust controller has been proposed to be used in control of plants with large uncertainty in location of one of their poles. By using this controller, not only the phase margin and gain crossover frequency are ... -
Application of V Belt Continuously Variable Transmission System Using Hybrid Recurrent Laguerre Orthogonal Polynomials Neural Network Control System and Modified Particle Swarm Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Because the Vbelt continuously variable transmission (CVT) system spurred by permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) has unknown nonlinear and timevarying properties, the better control performance design for the linear ... -
Takagi–Sugeno Fuzzy Predictive Control for a Class of Nonlinear System With Constrains and Disturbances
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper investigates the fuzzy predictive control for a class of nonlinear system with constrains under the condition of noise. Based on the fuzzy linearization theory, a class of nonlinear systems can be described by ... -
Editorial
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)During the past 5 years, I had the honor to serve as the EditorinChief of the ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. This journal was established and sponsored by the ASME Design Engineering Division (DED) ... -
Bifurcations and Chaotic Motions of a Class of Mechanical System With Parametric Excitations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Bifurcations and chaotic motions of a class of mechanical system subjected to a superharmonic parametric excitation or a nonlinear periodic parametric excitation are studied, respectively, in this paper. Chaos arising from ... -
Application of the Subequation Method to Some Differential Equations of Time Fractional Order
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The main goal of this paper is to develop subequation method for solving nonlinear evolution equations of timefractional order. We use the subequation method to calculate the exact solutions of the timefractional Burgers, ... -
Improved (G'/G) Expansion Method for the Time Fractional Biological Population Model and Cahn–Hilliard Equation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this paper, we used improved (G'/G)expansion method to reach the solutions for some nonlinear timefractional partial differential equations (fPDE). The fPDE is reduced to an ordinary differential equation (ODE) by means ... -
Intrinsic Localized Modes of Principal Parametric Resonances in Pendulum Arrays Subjected to Vertical Excitation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Intrinsic localized modes (ILMs) are investigated in an Npendulum array subjected to vertical harmonic excitation. The pendula behave nonlinearly and are coupled with each other because they are connected by torsional, ...