Advanced Topics in Nonsmooth Dynamics

Provides the right scope: not too narrow (only on impact laws or numerics), not too broadUnites the work of a large number of specialistsUseful for those wanting to enter the field of Nonsmooth Dynamics

Provides just the right scope: not too narrow, not too broad Unites the work of a large number of specialists Useful for those wanting to enter the field of nonsmooth dynamics

Inhalt

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- method.- 10. On solving contact problems with Coulomb friction: formulations and numerical comparisons.