Dynamics and Control of Distributed Systems

• Contributors; Preface; 1. On the transient response of distributed structures interacting with discrete components W. D. Zhu and C. D. Mote Jr; 2. On the problem of a distributed parameter system carrying a moving oscillator B. Yang, C. A. Tan and L. A. Bergman; 3. Nonlinear normal modes and wave transmission in a class of periodic continuous systems V. N. Pilipchuk and A. F. Vakakis; 4. Dynamics and control of articulated anisotropic Timoshenko beams A. V. Balakrishnan; 5. Numerical techniques for simulation, parameter estimation and noise control in structural acoustic systems H. T. Banks and R. C. Smith; 6. Distributed transfer function analysis of stepped and ring-stiffened cylindrical shells B. Yang and J. Zhou; 7. Orthogonal sensing and control of continua with distributed transducers - distributed structronic systems H. S. Tzou, V. B. Venkayya and J. J. Hollkamp; Acknowledgment; References; Nomenclature; Appendix.

"The purpose of this book, according to the editors, is to document the recent progress in the theory and practical applications of distributed parameter systems...The chapters in the book discuss modeling, simulation and analysis techniques used to investigate elastic, electromechanical, acoustic and control systems." Civil Engineering