Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics: Recent submissions
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Stability Switches of a Class of Fractional-Delay Systems With Delay-Dependent Coefficients
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Stability of a dynamical system may change from stable to unstable or vice versa, with the change of some parameter of the system. This is the phenomenon of stability switches, and it has been investigated intensively in ... -
Special Issue: Nonlinear and Computational Dynamics in Biomedical Applications
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Dynamic Analysis of Planar Mechanical Systems With Clearance Joint Based on LuGre Friction Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A computational methodology to model and analyze planar rigid mechanical system with stick–slip friction in revolute clearance joint is presented. In this work, the LuGre friction model, which captures the Stribeck effect ... -
Topology Optimization of a Three-Dimensional Flexible Multibody System Via Moving Morphable Components
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In this work, an efficient topology optimization approach is proposed for a three-dimensional (3D) flexible multibody system (FMBS) undergoing both large overall motion and large deformation. The FMBS of concern is accurately ... -
Discrete Fractional Derivative Based Computational Model to Describe Dynamics of Bed-Load Transport
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Bed-load transport in natural rivers exhibits nonlinear dynamics with strong temporal memory (i.e., retention due to burial) and/or spatial memory (i.e., fast displacement driven by turbulence). Nonlinear bed-load transport ... -
A New Rotation-Free Shell Formulation Using Exact Corotational Frame for Dynamic Analysis and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Rotation-free shell formulations were proved to be an effective approach to speed up solving large-scaled problems. It reduces systems' degrees-of-freedom (DOF) and avoids shortages of using rotational DOF, such as singular ... -
Delayed Reaction–Diffusion Cellular Neural Networks of Fractional Order: Mittag–Leffler Stability and Synchronization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This research introduces a model of a delayed reaction–diffusion fractional neural network with time-varying delays. The Mittag–Leffler-type stability of the solutions is investigated, and new sufficient conditions are ... -
An Approximate Analysis of Quasi-Periodic Systems Via Floquét Theory
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Parametrically excited linear systems with oscillatory coefficients have been generally modeled by Mathieu or Hill equations (periodic coefficients) because their stability and response can be determined by Floquét theory. ... -
Feedback Control of Grazing-Induced Chaos in the Single-Degree-of-Freedom Impact Oscillator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Based on the special dynamical property of continuous transition at certain degenerate grazing points in the single-degree-of-freedom impact oscillator, the control problem of the grazing-induced chaos is investigated in ... -
Robustness Analysis of a Simple and Augmented Proportional Plus Derivative Controller in Trajectory Following Robots Using the Floquet Theory
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper deals with the issue of robustness in control of robots using the proportional plus derivative (PD) controller and the augmented PD controller. In the literature, a variety of PD and model-based controllers for ... -
Special Issue on Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification
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Nonlinear Resonances of Chains of Thin Elastic Beams With Intermittent Contact
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper deals with the forced response analysis of chains of thin elastic beams that are subject to periodic external loading and frictionless intermittent contact between the beams. Our study shows that the beams show ... -
On a Comprehensive Topological Analysis of Moore Spiegel Attractor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A topological analysis of the attractor associated with the Moore–Spiegel nonlinear system is performed, following the basic idea laid down by Gilmore and Lefranc (2002, The Topology of Chaos, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ). Starting ... -
Nonlinear Analysis of Shape Memory Devices With Duffing and Quadratic Oscillators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In this paper, we investigate the linear and nonlinear response of shape memory alloy (SMA)-based Duffing and quadratic oscillator under large deflection conditions. In this study, we first present thermomechanical ... -
The Transport Dynamics Induced by Riesz Potential in Modeling Fractional Reaction–Diffusion-Mechanics System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper comprises of a finite difference method with implicit scheme for the Riesz fractional reaction–diffusion equation (RFRDE) by utilizing the fractional-centered difference for approximating the Riesz derivative, ... -
Combination Parametric Resonance of Nonlinear Unbalanced Rotating Shafts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In this paper, dynamic response of a rotating shaft with geometrical nonlinearity under parametric and external excitations is investigated. Resonances, bifurcations, and stability of the response are analyzed. External ... -
Fractional Dynamics of an Infection Model With Time-Varying Drug Exposure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)We introduce a fractional order model for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) dynamics, where time-varying drug exposure and drug resistance are assumed. We derive conditions for the local and global asymptotic stability ... -
A Novel Adaptive Active Control Projective Synchronization of Chaotic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper investigates adaptive active control projective synchronization scheme. A general synchronization controller and parameter update laws are proposed to stabilize the error system for the identical structural ... -
Continuation Method on Cumulant Neglect Equations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)For stochastic systems, the Fokker–Planck equation (FPE) is used to describe the system dynamics. The FPE is a partial differential equation, which is a function of all the variables in state space and of time. To solve ... -
Reference Conditions and Substructuring Techniques in Flexible Multibody System Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The floating frame of reference (FFR) formulation is widely used in multibody system (MBS) simulations for the deformation analysis. Nonetheless, the use of elastic degrees-of-freedom (DOF) in the deformation analysis can ...