Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1

1 Interface Reduction on Hurty/Craig-Bampton Substructures with Frictionless Contact 2 Experimental Path Following of Unstable Static Equilibria for Snap-Through Buckling 3 Direct Detection of Nonlinear Modal Interactions and Model Updating Using Measured Time Series 4 Pareto Optimization of a Nonlinear Tuned Mass Damper to Control Vibrations in Hand Held Impact Machines Seyed Milad Mousavi Bideleh and Viktor Berbyuk 5 Inverse Methods for Characterization of Contact Areas in Mechanical Systems 6 Experimental Characterization of a New Benchmark Structure for Prediction of Damping Nonlinearity 7 Nonlinear System Identification for Joints Including Modal Interactions 8 Performance of Nonlinear Modal Model in Predicting Complex Bilinear Stiffness 9 Low Order Nonlinear Dynamic Modelling of Fuel Supply Pipes 10 System Identification to Estimate the Nonlinear Modes of a Gong 11 An Enhanced Static Reduction Algorithm for Predictive Modeling of Bolted Joints 12 Time-varying Spectral Submanifolds: Analytic Calculation of Backbone Curves and Forced Response 13 Operational Modal Analysis Based Stress Estimation in Friction Systems 14 Damping Estimation of Friction Systems in Random Vibrations 15 System Identification of Jointed Structures: Nonlinear Modal Testing Vs. State-Space Model Identification 16 Effect of Boundary Conditions on Finite Element Submodeling 17 On Euler Buckling and Snap-Through 18 Solitons in Cyclic and Symmetric Structures 19 Experimental and Numerical Nonlinear Modal Analysis of a Beam with Impact: Part I - Numerical Investigation 20 Experimental and Numerical Nonlinear Modal Analysis of a Beam with Impact: Part II - Experimental Investigation 21 The Effect of Non-Flat Interfaces On System Dynamics 22 Investigating Modal Contributions Using a Galerkin Model 23 Acoustic Excitation of a Flanged Joint 24 In Situ Measurements of Interfacial Contact Pressure During Impact Hammer Tests Kinematics- Including the Poisson's Effect 26 Computing Nonlinear Normal Modes of Aerospace Structures Using the Multi-harmonic Balance Method 27 Nonlinear Identification of an Aero-Engine Component Using Polynomial Nonlinear State Space Model 28 Curved Structures That Can Elastically Snap-Through 29 Experimental Analysis of Non-Linear Damping Performance in Composites Materials Thanks to Local Transduction-Dissipation Phenomenon 30 Subspace-Based Identification of a Distributed Nonlinearity in Time and Frequency Domains 31 Reduced Order Modelling for Non-linear Rotating Systems in ALE Formulation with Contact 32 Damage Precursor Indicator for Aluminum 7075-T6 Based on Nonlinear Dynamics 33 Application of Control-Based Continuation to a Nonlinear System with Harmonically Coupled Modes 34 Numerically Assessing the Relative Significance of Nonlinear Normal Modes to Forced Responses 35 Direct Frequency Domain Identification of Time Varying Systems 36 Reduced-Order Modelling for Investigating Nonlinear FEM Systems 37 Nonlinear Forced Response of a Composite Fan Blade Actuated by Piezoelectric Patches: Simulation and Testing 38 Locating Nonlinearity in Mechanical Systems: A Dynamic Network Perspective 39 Tracing a Prescribed Force-Displacement Curve Using Topology Optimization 40 Model Updating of a Wing-Engine Structure with Nonlinear Connections 41 Modal Analysis of Axially Deforming Rods with Isolated Lap Joints 42 Identification of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Parameters Based on an Enhanced Oberst Beam Method 43 A General Framework for Time Domain Finite Element Analysis of Viscoelastically Damped Structures 44 Nonlinear Structural, Inertial and Damping Effects in an Oscillating Cantilever Beam 45 Reduced Order Modeling of Structures with Preloaded Bolted Joints by the Use of Trial Vector Derivatives 46 Towards the Development of a Model for Nonlinear Elements in Machine Tools 47 Nonlinear Characterization of a Machine Tool Energy Absorber 48 Tutorial: Bolted Joints and Tribomechadynamics