The inerter is a two-terminal mechanical element that produces forces directly proportional to the relative acceleration between these terminals. The linear behaviour of this element has already been described in the ...

This work explores the role of asymmetrical damping and geometrical nonlinearities in the suspension system of a simplified vehicle model in order to improve comfort. Improving comfort for passengers is a constant challenge ...

In this paper a new boundary element method formulation for elastoplastic analysis of plates with geometrical nonlinearities is presented. The von Mises criterion with linear isotropic hardening is considered to evaluate ...

In this work, we study how a contact/impact nonlinearity interacts with a geometric cubic nonlinearity in an oscillator system. Specific focus is shown to the effects on bifurcation behavior and secondary resonances (i.e., ...

In this paper, the behavior of a single degree-of-freedom (SDOF) passive vibration isolation system with geometrically nonlinear damping is investigated, and its displacement and force transmissibilities are compared with ...

This work considers a nonlinear time-varying system described by a state representation, with input u and state x. A given set of functions v, which is not necessarily the original input u of the system, is the (new) input ...

To predict electrical generation in piezoelectric small-scale beam energy harvesting devices, it is important to have a complete mathematical model that captures the different associated phenomena. In the literature, some ...

Full models of scalar modulation instability (MI) in optical fibers available in the literature usually involve complex formulations. In this paper, we present a novel approach to the analysis of MI in optical fibers by ...