Angelo Luongo is a professor (retired) of Solid and Structural Mechanics at L'Aquila University, Italy. He currently serves as an editor-in-chief of MDPI journal “CivilEng” and associate editor of Springer Journal "Nonlinear Dynamics." His research interests include linear and nonlinear dynamics, buckling and postbuckling, aeroelasticity, dynamic instability, perturbation methods, structural modeling. With Springer, he published the textbooks Stability and Bifurcation of Structures (2023) and Perturbation Methods and Nonlinear Phenomena (2024).Achille Paolone is a professor of Structural Mechanics at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. His research interests include structural dynamics, computational mechanics, structural identification and monitoring, seismic engineering, structural stability, and earthquake resistant structures. His extensive practical experience in structural engineering informs his teaching approach, connecting theoretical concepts to real-world applications.Simona Di Nino holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Modeling and is currently an assistant professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of L'Aquila, Italy. Her research interests encompass linear and nonlinear dynamics, aeroelasticity, dynamic instability, perturbation methods, homogenization methods, masonry, and damage constitutive models. In 2023, she published the textbook Stability and Bifurcation of Structures with Springer.

• Introduction.- Kinematics of Rigid-Body Systems.- Statics of Rigid-Body Systems.- Duality of Kinematic and Static Problems.- Deformable Devices.- Fundamental Problem of Lumped-Deformability Systems.- Unconstrained Elastic Problem.- Constrained Elastic Problem.- Elasto-Plastic Problem.- Linearized Theory of Pre-Solicited Systems: Geometric Stiffness and Bifurcation.- Fundamentals of Dynamics and Stability.- Introduction to Geometrically Nonlinear Problems.

Angelo Luongo is a professor (retired) of Solid and Structural Mechanics at L'Aquila University, Italy. He currently serves as an editor-in-chief of MDPI journal “CivilEng” and associate editor of Springer Journal "Nonlinear Dynamics." His research interests include linear and nonlinear dynamics, buckling and postbuckling, aeroelasticity, dynamic instability, perturbation methods, structural modeling. With Springer, he published the textbooks Stability and Bifurcation of Structures (2023) and Perturbation Methods and Nonlinear Phenomena (2024).Achille Paolone is a professor of Structural Mechanics at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. His research interests include structural dynamics, computational mechanics, structural identification and monitoring, seismic engineering, structural stability, and earthquake resistant structures. His extensive practical experience in structural engineering informs his teaching approach, connecting theoretical concepts to real-world applications.Simona Di Nino holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Modeling and is currently an assistant professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of L'Aquila, Italy. Her research interests encompass linear and nonlinear dynamics, aeroelasticity, dynamic instability, perturbation methods, homogenization methods, masonry, and damage constitutive models. In 2023, she published the textbook Stability and Bifurcation of Structures with Springer.

• Introduction.- Kinematics of Rigid-Body Systems.- Statics of Rigid-Body Systems.- Duality of Kinematic and Static Problems.- Deformable Devices.- Fundamental Problem of Lumped-Deformability Systems.- Unconstrained Elastic Problem.- Constrained Elastic Problem.- Elasto-Plastic Problem.- Linearized Theory of Pre-Solicited Systems: Geometric Stiffness and Bifurcation.- Fundamentals of Dynamics and Stability.- Introduction to Geometrically Nonlinear Problems.

Angelo Luongo is a professor (retired) of Solid and Structural Mechanics at L'Aquila University, Italy. He currently serves as an editor-in-chief of MDPI journal “CivilEng” and associate editor of Springer Journal "Nonlinear Dynamics." His research interests include linear and nonlinear dynamics, buckling and postbuckling, aeroelasticity, dynamic instability, perturbation methods, structural modeling. With Springer, he published the textbooks Stability and Bifurcation of Structures (2023) and Perturbation Methods and Nonlinear Phenomena (2024).Achille Paolone is a professor of Structural Mechanics at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. His research interests include structural dynamics, computational mechanics, structural identification and monitoring, seismic engineering, structural stability, and earthquake resistant structures. His extensive practical experience in structural engineering informs his teaching approach, connecting theoretical concepts to real-world applications.Simona Di Nino holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Modeling and is currently an assistant professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of L'Aquila, Italy. Her research interests encompass linear and nonlinear dynamics, aeroelasticity, dynamic instability, perturbation methods, homogenization methods, masonry, and damage constitutive models. In 2023, she published the textbook Stability and Bifurcation of Structures with Springer.

• Introduction.- Kinematics of Rigid-Body Systems.- Statics of Rigid-Body Systems.- Duality of Kinematic and Static Problems.- Deformable Devices.- Fundamental Problem of Lumped-Deformability Systems.- Unconstrained Elastic Problem.- Constrained Elastic Problem.- Elasto-Plastic Problem.- Linearized Theory of Pre-Solicited Systems: Geometric Stiffness and Bifurcation.- Fundamentals of Dynamics and Stability.- Introduction to Geometrically Nonlinear Problems.