1. A Degenerate Bifurcation Structure in the Dynamics of Coupled Oscillators with Essential Stiffness Nonlinearities

   • Oleg Gendelman
   • Leonid I. Manevitch
   • Lawrence Bergman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

2. Dynamics of an Elastic Cable Carrying a Moving Mass Particle

   • M. Al-Qassab
   • S. Nair
   • J. O'Leary

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 32

3. Non-Linear Expressions for Rolling Friction of a Soft Ball on a Hard Plane

   • K. L. Yung
   • Yan Xu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 41

4. Nonlinear Parametric Vibrations of an Elastic Structure with a Rectangular Liquid Tank

   • Takashi Ikeda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 70

5. Optimal Control of Nonregular Dynamics in a Duffing Oscillator

   • Stefano Lenci
   • Giuseppe Rega

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 86

6. Steady State Passive Nonlinear Energy Pumping in Coupled Oscillators: Theoretical and Experimental Results

   • Xiaoai Jiang
   • D. Michael McFarland
   • Alexander F. Vakakis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 102

7. Book Review

   • Jon Juel Thomsen

   BookReview Pages: 103 - 104