Advances in Stability, Vibration and Control of Mechanical Structures

An Overview of Adaptive Materials and Structures.- Arnold and Stability Problems and Solid Mechanics.- Motions of a Pendulum with Periodically Variable Length.- Rigorous Crash Simulator Toolbox for Prediction and Control of Brain-and-Spine Injury Mechanics.- Constraint Reactions in Optimal Control of Mechanical Systems.- Variational Modeling in Non-Smooth Continuum Mechanics and Stability.- Basic Problems of Thermoelasticity with Microtemperatures in theHalf-Space.- Uncertainty Quantification and Simulation in Reanalysis Procedures.- Modal Analysis and Damage Diagnosis of the Tallest Pure-brick Tower in the World Using a Robust Digital Image Analysis System.