Dynamical and structural systems are susceptible to sudden excitations and loadings such
as wind gusts, blasts, earthquakes, and others which may cause destructive vibration …

For smooth dynamical systems, Lyapunov exponents are a well-established tool for making
qualitative predictions about the long-term behaviour of the system, since they describe the …

Thank you for opening the third edition of this monograph. The first edition [202] was
published in 1996 in the Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences series (vol. 220) …

Non-linear frequency response characteristics of a spur gear pair with backlash are
examined in this paper for both external and internal excitations. The internal excitation is of …

The purpose of this book is to give a basic understanding of rotor dynamics phenomena with
the help of simple rotor models and subsequently, the modern analysis methods for real life …

The motion of a single-degree-of-freedom, periodically forced oscillator subjected to a rigid
amplitude constraint is considered. Using analytical methods, the singularities caused by …

The volume introduces basic concepts necessary for a modern treatment of inequality
problems in finite degree of freedom dynamics. Tools from convex analysis, by now well …

In this survey we discuss current directions of research in the dynamics of nonsmooth
systems, with emphasis on bifurcation theory. An introduction to the state-of-the-art (also for …

This paper presents experiments and models of an energy harvesting device in which a low
frequency resonator impacts a high frequency energy harvesting resonator, resulting in …

A review is presented of the one-parameter, nonsmooth bifurcations that occur in a variety of
continuous-time piecewise-smooth dynamical systems. Motivated by applications, a …