Dynamics of Vibro-Impact Systems: Proceedings of the Euromech Collaquium 15–18 September 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Vocal Folds as a vibro-impacts system....Pages 1-10
Behaviour of granular materials in the field of vibration....Pages 11-18
To the general theory of hand-held percussion machines....Pages 19-28
Free manifolds of dynamical billiards....Pages 29-38
Vibro-impact processes in systems with multiple impact pairs and distributed impact elements....Pages 39-48
The impact based transportation process in a vibratory feeder....Pages 49-58
The effectiveness of the impact damper with granular material....Pages 59-68
Dynamics of gear-pair systems with backlash....Pages 69-78
Nonlinear stability analysis of a single mass rotor contacting a rigid backup bearing....Pages 79-88
Influence of contact and impacts on the dynamics of an elastic rotor with an elastic retainer bearing....Pages 89-98
Wavelets transform in analysis and control of a piezoelectric vibroconverter with impacts....Pages 99-107
Stability improvement of the vibro-impact discrete systems....Pages 109-118
Stability of periodic motions in systems with unilateral constraints....Pages 119-126
On the calculation of resonance oscillations of the vibro-impact systems by the averaging technique....Pages 127-135
Systems with high degree of nonlinearity as vibro-impact ones - asymptotic approaches....Pages 137-139
Simulation of liquid sloshing impact in moving stractures....Pages 141-150
Exact solutions for a discrete systems undergoing free vibro-impact oscillations....Pages 151-158
Asymptotic study of damped one-dimensional oscillator with close to impact potential....Pages 159-166
Interaction between impulses and impacts in the nonlinear dynamics of an impacting system: a non-classical bifurcation....Pages 167-176
Dynamics of an impact unit for percussion machines....Pages 177-185
The influence of asymmetries on the double impact oscillator dynamics....Pages 187-193
Dynamics of non-linear vibro-impact systems....Pages 195-204
Subharmonic response of a single-barrier vibroimpact system to a narrow-band random excitation....Pages 205-214
Strain solitons in Solids: physics, numerics and Fracture....Pages 215-220
Multiple impacts of a bar with external dry friction....Pages 221-230
Solving wave propagation problems symbolically using computer algebra....Pages 231-240
Stiction modeling: first order differential equation approximation for nonholonomic inequality constraint....Pages 241-250
Vibro-impacts induced by non-linear resonances in hertzian contacts....Pages 251-260
Effect of prestressing on durability at repeated impacts....Pages 261-268
Identification of damage in bars using PZT sensors and regression techniques....Pages 269-278
Laser vibrometry for impact measurements....Pages 279-288
On the attainable performance of shock control by visco-elastic bumper....Pages 289-298
Interaction analysis of mechanical system and hydraulic impact buffer....Pages 299-308
Dynamics of the impact force generator....Pages 309-318
Driver seat suspension design and identification for commercial vehicles....Pages 319-328
Two-grooved automatic nail machine....Pages 329-336
Analytical and numerical methods for the analysis of the stitch forming devices of blindstitch sewing machine....Pages 337-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-346