Topics in Nonlinear Mechanics and Physics

Parametric and autoparametric dynamics of ships with liquid sloshing interaction.- Dynamics analysis and control of the Malkus-Lorenz waterwheel with parametric errors.- Nonlinear characterization of a bistable energy harvester dynamical system.- The delayed  van der Pol oscillator and energy harvesting.- Reference dynamics based motion planning for robotic systems with flexible components.- Suppression of time-delayed induced vibrations through the dynamic vibration absorber: application to the inverted pendulum.- Modal analysis investigation of mechanical Kerr frequency combs.- Characterization of rolling element bearing data using the Gottwald and Melbourne’s 0-1 test and the Hugichi fractal dimension.- Dynamical response of a planetary gear system with faults using recurrence statistics.- Analytical approach to a two-module vibro-impact system.- Complex Fractional Moments for the characterization of the probabilistic response of non-linear systems subjected to white noises.- Oscillations under hysteretic conditions: from simple oscillator to discrete sine-Gordon model.- Drops and bubbles as controlled traveling reactors and/or carriers including microfluidics aspects.- Convection in a horizontal porous annulus with quasi-periodic gravitational modulation.- Identification of non-stationary and non-linear drying processes.