Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics: Recent submissions
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Multibody Approach for Model-Based Fault Detection of a Reel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In order to improve the recognition of faulty situations, model-based fault detection can be used together with signal processing methods. In this study, faults and abnormalities of a reel are ... -
A Compliant Contact Model Including Interference Geometry for Polyhedral Objects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Modeling of contact with the environment is an essential capability for the simulation of space robotics system, which includes tasks such as berthing and docking. The effect of interbody contact ... -
Nonlinear Modeling of Flexible Manipulators Using Nondimensional Variables
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This paper deals with nonlinear modeling of planar one- and two-link, flexible manipulators with rotary joints using finite element method (FEM) based approaches. The equations of motion are ... -
Call for The D'Alembert Award for Multibody System Dynamics and The Lyapunov Award for Nonlinear Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics (MSND-TC) of the ASME Design Engineering Division solicits nominations for the D'Alembert Award and the Lyapunov Award. These ... -
A Practical Approach for the Linearization of the Constrained Multibody Dynamics Equations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The paper presents an approach to linearize the set of index 3 nonlinear differential algebraic equations that govern the dynamics of constrained mechanical systems. The proposed method handles ... -
Dynamics of Multibody Systems With Spherical Clearance Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This work deals with a methodology to assess the influence of the spherical clearance joints in spatial multibody systems. The methodology is based on the Cartesian coordinates, with the dynamics ... -
Subharmonic-Response Computation and Stability Analysis for a Nonlinear Oscillator Using a Split-Frequency Harmonic Balance Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)A split-frequency harmonic balance method (SF-HBM) is developed to obtain subharmonic responses of a nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom oscillator driven by periodic excitation. This method is capable ... -
Polynomial Interpolated Taylor Series Method for Parameter Identification of Nonlinear Dynamic System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This research work is in the area of structural health monitoring and structural damage mitigation. It addresses and advances the technique in parameter identification of structures with significant ... -
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of a Base-Excited Rotor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this study, the dynamic behavior of a flexible rotor system subjected to support excitation (imposed displacements of its base) is analyzed. The effect of an excitation on lateral displacements ... -
Rail Geometry and Euler Angles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In railroad vehicle dynamics, Euler angles are often used to describe the track geometry (track centerline and rail space curves). The tangent and curvature vectors as well as local geometric ... -
Co-dimension-Two Grazing Bifurcations in Single-Degree-of-Freedom Impact Oscillators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Grazing bifurcations in impact oscillators characterize the transition in asymptotic dynamics between impacting and nonimpacting motions. Several different grazing bifurcation scenarios under variations ... -
Viscous Shocks in the Destabilized Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)We study stationary periodic solutions of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (KS) model for complex spatio-temporal dynamics in the presence of an additional linear destabilizing term. In particular, we ... -
A Computational Approach to Conley’s Decomposition Theorem
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Background. The discrete dynamics generated by a continuous map can be represented combinatorially by an appropriate multivalued map on a discretization of the phase space such as a cubical ... -
Hopf-Hopf Interactions of Surge and Rotating Stall
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this paper, we examine the interaction of two instabilities that occur in axial compressors using the Hopf-Hopf normal form. As a result, we illuminate some gaps in understanding the dynamics ... -
Optimal Inputs for Phase Models of Spiking Neurons
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Variational methods are used to determine the optimal currents that elicit spikes in various phase reductions of neural oscillator models. We show that, for a given reduced neuron model and ... -
Nonlinear Energy Sink With Uncertain Parameters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The effects of a nonlinear energy sink during the instationary regime are analyzed by introducing uncertain parameters to verify the robustness of the transient spatial energy transfer when ... -
A Simple Stabilizing Control for Sagittal Plane Locomotion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The spring loaded inverted pendulum model has been shown to accurately model sagittal plane locomotion for a variety of legged animals and has been used as a target for control for higher ... -
Nonlinear Response and Suppression of Chaos by Weak Harmonic Perturbation Inside a Triple Well Φ6-Rayleigh Oscillator Combined to Parametric Excitations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The nonlinear response and suppression of chaos by weak harmonic perturbation inside a triple well Φ6-Rayleigh oscillator combined to parametric excitations is studied in this paper. The main ... -
Lobes and Lenses in the Stability Chart of Interrupted Turning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this paper, a new method for the stability analysis of interrupted turning processes is introduced. The approach is based on the construction of a characteristic function whose complex roots ... -
Periodic Motions in a Periodically Forced Oscillator Moving on an Oscillating Belt With Dry Friction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this paper, periodic motion in an oscillator moving on a periodically oscillating belt with dry friction is investigated. The conditions of stick and nonstick motions for such an oscillator ...