Advanced Topics in Nonsmooth Dynamics

1. Comparisons of multiple-impact laws for multibody systems: Moreau's law, binary impacts, and the LZB approach.- 2. Variational analysis of inequality impact laws for perfect unilateral constraints.- 3. Periodic motions of coupled impact oscillators.- 4. Mathematical aspects of vibro-impact problems.- 5. Nonsmooth modal analysis: from the discrete to the continuous settings.- 6. Variational and numerical methods based on the bipotential and application to the frictional contact.- 7. Passive control of differential algebraic inclusions - General method and a simple example.- 8. Experimental validation of torsional controllers for drilling systems.- 9. On the constraints formulation in the nonsmooth generalized-a method.- 10. On solving contact problems with Coulomb friction: formulations and numerical comparisons.