IUTAM Symposium on Chaotic Dynamics and Control of Systems and Processes in Mechanics : proceedings of the IUTAM symposium held in Rome, Italy, 8-13 June 2003

(KL - Key Lecture, P- Poster Presentation) Preface Welcome Address by the Vice-President of IUTAM Obituary I: Bifurcation, Chaos and Control Chaotic Clocks: A Paradigm for the Evolution of Noise in Machines (KL) F.C. Moon Explorations into the Nonlinear Dynamics of a Single DOF System Coupled to a Wideband Autoparametric Vibration Absorber A.K. Bajaj, A. Vyas, and A. Raman Adaptive Partial Observers with Application to Time-Varying Chaotic Systems (P) D.V. Efimov and A.L. Fradkov Nonlinear Dynamics of a Heavy Material Particle along a Circle which Rotates and Optimal Control (P) K. (Stevanovic) Hedrih Bifurcation and Chaos in Mechanical Applications: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Their Control S. Lenci and G. Rega Nonlinear Normal Modes and Chaotic Motions in Oscillatory Chains L.I. Manevitch, O.V. Gendelman and A.V. Savin Patterns of Bifurcation Suppressing Escape at Internal Resonance G.H.M. van der Heijden and J.M.T Thompson II: Mechanical Systems Spatial Motion of CVTChains (KL) F.Pfeiffer Nonlinear Phenomena in Resonators B. Balachandran and H. Li Dynamics and Parametric Identification of Geared Rotordynamic Systems D. Giagopulos, C. Salpistis, and S. Natsiavas Global Bifurcation of Nonlinear Thermoelastic Microbeams Subject to Electrodynamic Actuation O. Gottlieb and A.R. Champneys Nonlinear Interaction in MHD Bearings under Oscillating Electric Fields B. Schweizer and J. Wauer Parametrically Excited MEMS-Based Filters S.W. Shaw, K.L. Turner, J.F. Rhoads, and R. Baskaran The Chaotic Oscillations of High-Speed Milling G. Stepan, R. Szalai, and S.J. Hogan On the Dynamics of a Railway Freight Wagon Wheelset with Dry Friction Damping H. True and L. Trzepacz III: Structural Systems Post-Critical Finite, Planar Dynamics of a Circular Arch: Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Transitions to Nonregular Motions F. Benedettiniand R. Alaggio Phase Space Warping: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Diagnostics and Prognostics J.P. Cusumano and D. Chelidze Time Integration Techniques to Investigate the Long-Term Behaviour of Dissipative Structural Systems (P) U Galvanetto and P.B. Bornemann Identification and Construction of Reduced Order Models for Infinite Dimensional Systems in Nonlinear Elastodynamics (P) I.T. Georgiou The Non-Linear Dynamics of Thin Walled Shell Structures P.B. Goncalves and Z.J.G.N. del Prado Influence of Boundary Conditions Relaxation on Panel Flutter R.A. Ibrahim, D.M. Beloiu, and C.L. Pettit Solutions of a Shallow Arch under Fast and Slow Excitations (P) F. Lakrad and M. Belhaq Nonlinear Oscillations of a Buckled Mechanism Used as a Vibration Isolator R.H. Plaut, L.A. Alloway, and L.N. Virgin IV: Nonsmooth Dynamics Non-Smooth Dynamics of a Double-.Belt Friction Oscillator P. Casini and F. Vestroni Corner-Collision and Grazing-Sliding Practical Examples of Border-Collision Bifurcations M. di Bernardo, A.R. Champneys, and P. Kowalczyk Dynamics of Discontinuous Systems with Imperfections and Noise T. Griffin and S.J. Hogan Stick-Slip Whirl Interaction in Drillstring Dynamics R.I. Leine and D.H. van Campen The Mapping Dynamics of a Three-PieceWise Linear System under a Periodic Excitation (P) A.C.J. Luo Two Dimensional Map for Impact Oscillator with Drift (P) E.E. Paviovskaia and M. Wiercigroch Dynamics of Mechanical Systems with Soft Impacts F. Peterka Nonlinear Dynamics of Non-Smooth Mechanical Systems: Theoretical and Experimental Studies M. Wiercigroch, E.E. Pavlovskaia, and E.V. Karpenko V: Delay and Random Systems Global Dynamics of a Duffing System with Delayed Velocity Feedback H. Hu Noise-Induced Synchronization and Stochastic Resonance in a Bistable System (P) A. Kovaleva Delay Equations with Fluctuating Delay: Application to Variable Speed Machining N.