This is a state-of-the-art treatise on the problems of both nonlinearity and uncertainty in the dynamics and control of engineering systems. The concept of dynamics and control implies the combination of dynamic analysis and control synthesis. It is essential to gain insight into the dynamics of a nonlinear system with uncertainty if any new control strategy is designed to utilize nonlinearity.
Preface; Opening Address; Welcome Address; Contributed Papers: PART 1: System Modeling with Uncertainty: A. K. Bajaj, P. Davies, R. Ippili and T. Puri: Nonlinear Multi-Body Dynamics of Seat-Occupant Systems Using Experimentally Identified Viscoelastic Models of Polyurethne Foam; M. Hernandez-Garcia, S. F. Masri, R. Ghanem and F. Arrate: Data-Based Stochastic Models of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems; C. Proppe and C. Wetzel: Overturning probability of railway vehicles under wind gust loads; W. Schiehlen and R. Seifried: Impact systems with uncertainty; PART 2 System Dynamics with Uncertainty: S. K. Au and D. P. Thunnissen: Uncertainty Propagation in Complex Engineering Systems by Advanced Monte Carlo Methods; T. F. Filippova: Trajectory Tubes in Control and Estimation Problems under Uncertainty; A. Gaull and E. Kreuzer: Cell Mapping Applied to Random Dynamical Systems; X. L. Leng: Numerical Analysis of Bifurcation and Chaos Response in a Cracked Rotor System under White Noise Disturbance; X. B. Liu: The Maximal Lyapunov Exponent for a Stochastic System; W. V. Wedig: Stability and Density Analysis of Stochastic Duffing Oscillators; J. X. Xu and H. L. Zou: Uncertainties in Deterministic Dynamical Systems and the Coherence of Stochastic Dynamical Systems; W. Xu, Q. He and S. Li: The Cell Mapping Method for Approximating the Invariant Manifolds; PART 3 Nonlinear Dynamics: L.Bevilacqua and M.M. Barros: Dynamical Fractal Dimension: Direct and Inverse Problems; T. Bódai, A. J. Fenwick and M. Wiercigroch: Ray Stability for Range-Dependent Background Sound Speed Profiles; N. D. Anh, N. Q. Hai and W. Schiehlen: Application of Extended Averaged Equations to Nonlinear Vibration Analysis; Z. Q. Wu and Y. S. Chen: Singularity Analysis on Constrained Bifurcations; H. Yabuno, Y. Kunitho, T. Inoue and Y. Ishida: Nonlinear Analysis of Rotor Dynamics by Using the Method of Multiple Scales; S. P. Yang and Y. J. Shen: Nonlinear Dynamics of a Spur Gear Pairwith Slight WEAR Fault; K. Yunt and C. Glocker: A Combined Continuation and Penalty Method for the Determination of Optimal Hybrid Mechanical Trajectories; PART 4 Dynamics of High-Dimensional Systems: J. Awrejcewicz, G. Kudra and G. Wasilewski: Numerical Prediction and Experimental Observation of Triple Pendulum Dynamics; A. J. Dick, B. Balachandran, and C. D. Mote, Jr.: Nonlinear Vibration Modes and Energy Localization in Micro-Resonator Arrays; L. Q. Chen and X. D. Yang: Parametric Resonance of an Axially Accelerating Viscoelastic Beam with Non-Typical Boundary Conditions; F. L. Chernousko: Dynamics of a Body Controlled by Internal Motions; W. Lacarbonara, A. Paolone and F. Vestroni: Linear and Nonlinear Elastodynamics of Nonshallow Cables; S. Lenci and G. Rega: Nonlinear Normal Modes of Homoclinic Orbits and their Use for Dimension Reduction in Chaos Control; A. Teufel, A. Steindl and H. Troger: Rotating Slip Stick Separation Waves; M. H. Yao and W. Zhang: Many Pulses Homoclinic Orbits and Chaotic Dynamics for Nonlinear Nonplanar Motion of a Cantilever Beam; PART 5 Control of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems: I. Ananievski: Synthesis of Bounded Control for Nonlinear Uncertain Mechanical Systems ; P. Barthels and J. Wauer: Controlled Vibration Suppression of Structural Telescopic Systems; P. B. Gonçalves and D. Orlando: Influence of a Pendulum Absorber on the Nonlinear Behavior and Instabilities of a Tall Tower; H. Y. Hu and M. L. Yu: Robust Flutter Control of an Airfoil Section through an Ultrasonic Motor; K. Czolczynski, A. Stefanski, P. Perlikowski and T. Kapitaniak: Periodization and Synchronization of Duffing Oscillators Suspended on Elastic Beam; Q. Y. Wang, Q. S. Lu, X. Shi and H. X. Wang: Effects of Noise on Synchronization and Spatial Patterns in Coupled Neuronal Systems; PART 6 Dynamics of Time-Delay Systems: Y. F. Jin and H. Y. Hu: Stability and Response of Stochastic Delayed Systems with Delayed Feedback Control; G. Stépán and
