Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications

Reza N. Jazar, PhD, is Professor and Discipline Head of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at the School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Engineering in RMIT University, Australia. Liming Dai, PhD, is Professor and Program Chair of Industrial Systems Engineering at the University of Regina, Canada.

• Transient Vehicle Dynamics.- Nonlinear Friction Modeling Vehicle-Road Interaction.- Caster-Camber Kinematic of Vehicle Steering.- Nonlinear Yaw Movement Control for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles.- Frequency Island in Nonlinear Vibrations.- An Active Vibration Control Strategy.- Train and Tram Systems Investigation.- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Structural Monitoring.- Solutions for Path Planning Using Spline Parameterization.- A Novel Method for Solution of Nonlinear Initial-Boundary Value Problems.- Strength and Contraction Speed of Muscle Groups.- Dynamic Contact and Scratch Analysis at the Micro/Nanoscale.- Climbing Robot.- Large Diameter Thin-Walled Tube Post Buckling.- Nonlinear Structural Dynamics of the Vehicle Seat Coupled with Human Body.