Nonlinear Interactions: Analytical, Computational, and Experimental Methods (Wiley Series in Nonlinear Science) - Hardcover

Nayfeh, Ali H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471175919 ISBN 13: 9780471175919

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 2000

Synopsis

Nonlinear Interactions provides a coherent and unified treatment of analytical, computational, and experimental methods and concepts of modal interactions. This book is an obvious extension of Ali Nayfeh's well-known book Applied Nonlinear Dynamics (with Bala Balachandran). These methods are used to explore and unfold in a unified manner the fascinating complexities in nonlinear dynamical systems. The systems discussed are drawn from fluid mechanics and structural dynamics.

Nonlinear interactions between high-frequency and low-frequency modes are of great practical importance. Through the mechanisms discussed in this book, energy from high-frequency sources can be transferred to the low-frequency modes of supporting structures and foundations, and the result can be harmful large-amplitude oscillations that decrease their fatigue lives. On the other hand, these mechanisms can be exploited to transfer the energy from a system to a sacrificial subsystem and hence decrease considerably the vibrations of the main system and increase its fatigue life.

About this title

About the Author

ALI H. NAYFEH, PhD, is a University Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. Professor Nayfeh is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nonlinear Dynamics and the Journal of Vibration and Control. He has authored or coauthored a number of books, including Applied Nonlinear Dynamics (with Bala Balachandran), Methods of Normal Forms, Introduction to Perturbation Techniques, Nonlinear Oscillations (with Dean T. Mook), and Perturbation Methods, all from Wiley.

Review

"the book is an essential text/reference which should be reserved a privileged place on the shelf" (Meccanica, Vol.35, No.6, 2001)

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471175919
• ISBN 13: 9780471175919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 782