Micro and nanoelectromechanical systems M/NEMS have been extensively investigated
and exploited in the past few decades for various applications and for probing fundamental …

The achievements occurred in nonlinear dynamics over the last 30 years entail a substantial
change of perspective when dealing with vibration problems, since they are now deemed …

In about the last two decades, global nonlinear dynamics has been evolving in a
revolutionary way, with the development of sophisticated techniques employing …

A one-dimensional beam-like model is proposed to analyze the mechanical behavior of
elastic double-layered pipes. Besides the classical kinematic descriptors of the Timoshenko …

A control technique exploiting the global dynamical features is applied to a reduced order
model of noncontact AFM, aiming to obtain an enlargement of the system's safe region in …

Dynamical integrity of a noncontact AFM model with external feedback control is
investigated to evaluate the effects of such local control procedure on the erosion of the …

The chapter offers an overview of the effects of the research advancements in nonlinear
dynamics on the evaluation of system safety. The achievements developed over the last 30 …

The present chapter highlights the importance of the dynamical integrity theory for micro and
nanoapplications. Three case-studies of devices at different scales are presented (a …

The role of local and global dynamics to assess a system robustness and actual safety in
operating conditions is investigated, by also studying the effect of different local and global …

The chapter provides a state-of-the-art, qualitative and application-oriented overview of
topics in the global nonlinear dynamics of mechanical systems and structures. Models …