IUTAM Symposium on Recent Developments in Non-linear Oscillations of Mechanical Systems

Stability Improvement of the Impact Dynamical Systems-Analytical and Numerical Methods.- Theoretical and Experimental Evidence of Symmetric Response Instability in the Finite, Planar Dynamics of a Circular Arch.- Dynamical Analysis of an Offshore Platform with Vibration Absorbers.- Complex Dynamics of a “Simple” Mechanical System: The Parametrically Excited Pendulum.- Control of Oscillations in Systems with Many Degrees of Freedom.- Elimination of Instabilities in Rotors Supported in Gas Bearings.- Integrated Electromechanical Multi-Coordinate Drive with an Elastic Deformable Slide.- Control of Shipboard Cranes.- A Consistent and Effective Method for Nonlinear Random Oscillations of MDOF Systems.- Stability and Hopf Bifurcation of a Four-wheel-steering Vehicle Involving Driver’s Delay.- Moored Crane Vessels in Regular Waves.- On the Stability of Systems of Differential Equations Unsolved for Derivatives.- Stability of Controlled Motion of a Gymnast in High-speed Mid Air Maneuvers.- Asymptotic Methods for investigating Non-linear Wave Processes.- Some Problems on Non-linear Oscillations.- Stationary and Transient Processes in Oscillating Systems with Two Degrees of Freedom Subjected to Parametric and Forced Excitations.- On the Application of Two Perturbation Methods to Non-linear Systems.- New Method of Calculating the Vibration of Offshore Structure Subjected to Wave Action.- On the Transverse Vibrations of Beam-Bridges Under the Action of Some Moving Bodies.- Pile Soil System Identification by a Modal Testing Approach.- On Numerical Methods for Constrained Mechanical Systems.- A Technique for Solving Nonlinear Systems Subject to Random Excitation.- On the Identification of Nonlinear Systems.- Reduction Methods for Non-linear Vibrations of Spatially ContinuousSystems with Initial Curvature.- Asymptotic Method for Investigation of m-frequency Oscillation Systems.- Nonlinear Oscillations of Vehicles in Convoy.- Instability Phenomena of Foldable Structures with Unilateral Contact.- Similarities in the Yaw and Roll Dynamics of Ships in Extreme Astern Seas.- Non-linear three-dimensional Oscillations of Fluid Conveying Viscoelastic Tubes with an Additional Mass.- Nonlinear Dynamics of a Rigid Rotor on Compliant Journal Bearings.- Nonlinear Dynamic Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloy Oscillators.- Nonlinear Waves in a Fluid-Filled Planar Duct with a flexible Wall.- Addresses of participants.- List of Sponsors.