Modeling, Simulation and Control of Nonlinear Engineering Dynamical Systems

This volume contains the invited papers presented at the 9th International C- ference “Dynamical Systems – Theory and Applications” held in ?od ´ z, ´ Poland, December 17–20, 2007 dealing with nonlinear dynamical systems. The conf- encegatheredanumerousgroupofscientistsandengineers,whodealwithwidely understoodproblemsofdynamicsmetalsoinengineeringanddailylife. Organizationof the conferencewould nothavebeen possiblewithouta great effortofthestaffoftheDepartmentofAutomaticsandBiomechanicsoftheTech- calUniversityof?od ´ z. ´ Thepatronageovertheconferencehasbeentakenbythef- lowingscienti?cinstitutions:MechanicsandMachineDynamicsCommitteesofthe PolishAcademyofSciences,PolishSocietyofTheoreticalandAppliedMech- ics,PolishAssociationforComputationalMechanics,andTechnicalCommitteeof NonlinearOscillationsofIFToMM. The ?nancial support has been given by the Department of Education at the ?´odz´ City Hall, Ministry of National Education and the Polish Association for ComputationalMechanics. We welcomednearly100personsfrom13countriesallovertheworld.They decidedto share the results of their researchandmanyyears of experiencein a disciplineofdynamicalsystemsbysubmittingmanyinterestingpapers. TheScienti?cCommitteeincludesthefollowingmembers:IgorV.Andrianov– Aachen;JanAwrejcewicz –?od ´ z; ´ Jose M. Balthazar– Rio Claro;Denis Bla- more– Newark; Iliya Blekhman – Sankt Petersburg;Roman Bogacz – Warsaw; TadeuszBurczyns ´ ki–Gliwice;DickvanCampen–Eindhoven;Czes?awCempel– Poznan´;LotharGaul– Stuttgart;Jozef ´ Giergiel–Cracow;Katica Hedrih–Nis; ? Janusz Kowal – Cracow; Vadim A. Krysko – Saratov; W?odzimierz Kurnik – Warsaw; Claude-Henri Lamarque – Lyon; Nuno M. Maia – Lisbon; Leonid I.