Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications: Energy, Vibrations, and Modern Applications

ISBN-13: 9783319887852 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 456 str.

Liming Dai; Reza N. Jazar

Spis treści

Section 1: Energy Applications

Chapter 1

Nonlinear Behaviour Diagnosis for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades Subjected to Inconstant Wind Excitations

Chapter 2

Concentrated solar power plants capacity factors: A review

Section 2: Vibrations and Automotive Applications

Chapter 3   

Vibration Analysis of Oscillators with Generalized Inertial and Geometrical Nonlinearities

Chapter 4   

Quarter Car Suspension Model with Provision for Loss of Contact with The Road

Chapter 5   

Friction Coefficient of Pneumatic Tires and Bitumen Roads

Chapter 6

Solutions for Path Planning using Spline Parameterization

Section 3: Modern Engineering Applications

Chapter 7

Diagnosis of nonlinear stochastic dynamics of active slider in nanometer spacing

Chapter 8   

Formation Control of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots using an Acoustic Sensor

Chapter 9   

Nonlinear Size-dependent Instability of Hybrid FGM Nanoshells

Section 4: Analytical-Numerical Analysis Applications

Chapter 10  

An exact solution technique for impact oscillators

Chapter 11

A semi-analytical solution for bending of nonlinear magnetostrictive beams

Chapter 12   

Limted Data Modelling Approaches for Engineering Applications

Chapter 13   

Theoretical and Numerical Investigation of The Elastic-Plastic Behavior of Thick-walled Cylinders

Chapter 14

A Complex Variable Method to Predict an Aerodynamics of Arbitrary Shape Ballistic Projectiles

Chapter 15   

Extension of substructuring technique in the nonlinear domain

O autorze

Liming Dai, PhD, is Professor and Program Chair of Industrial Systems Engineering at the University of Regina, Canada.

Reza N. Jazar, PhD, is Professor and Associate Dean of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at the School of Engineering in RMIT University, Australia.

Blurb

This book analyzes the updated principles and applications of nonlinear approaches to solve engineering and physics problems. The knowledge on nonlinearity and the comprehension of nonlinear approaches are inevitable to future engineers and scientists, making this an ideal book for engineers, engineering students, and researchers in engineering, physics, and mathematics. Chapters are of specific interest to readers who seek expertise in optimization, nonlinear analysis, mathematical modeling of complex forms, and non-classical engineering problems. The book covers methodologies and applications from diverse areas such as vehicle dynamics, surgery simulation, path planning, mobile robots, contact and scratch analysis at the micro and nano scale, sub-structuring techniques, ballistic projectiles, and many more.

• Explores the nonlinear approaches that open avenues to better, safer, cheaper, and more cost-effective consumption of power and raw materials;
  
• Exposes readers to a broad range of practical topics and approaches;
  
• Contains a strong emphasis on application, physical meaning, and the methodologies of the approaches discussed.