Dynamics of Vibro-Impact Systems : Proceedings of the Euromech Colloquium, 15-18 September 1998 Book

	Vocal folds as a vibro-impact system		Stokhasticheskie i khaoticheskie kolebaniëiìa.	English1
	Behaviour of granular materials in the field of vibration	11
	To the general theory of hand-held percussion machines	19
	Free manifolds of dynamical billiards	29
	Vibro-impact processes in systems with multiple impact pairs and distributed impact elements	39
	The impact based transportation process in a vibratory feeder	49
	The effectiveness of the impact damper with granular material	59
	Dynamics of gear-pair systems with backlash	69
	Nonlinear stability analysis of a single mass rotor contacting a rigid backup bearing	79
	Influence of contact and impacts on the dynamics of an elastic rotor with an elastic retainer bearing	89
	Wavelets transform in analysis and control of a piezoelectric vibroconverter with impact	99
	Stability improvement of the vibro-impact discrete systems	109
	Stability of periodic motions in systems with unilateral constraints	119
	On the calculation of resonance oscillations of the vibro-impact systems by the averaging technique	127
	Systems with high degree of nonlinearity as vibro-impact ones - asymptotic approaches	137
	Simulation of liquid sloshing impact in moving structures	141
	Exact solutions for a discrete systems undergoing free vibro-impact oscillations	151
	Asymptotic study of damped one-dimensional oscillator with close to impact potential	159
	Interaction between impulses and impacts in the nonlinear dynamics of an impacting system: a non-classical bifurcation	167
	Dynamics of an impact unit for percussion machines	177
	The influence of asymmetries on the double impact oscillator dynamics	187
	Dynamics of non-linear vibro-impact systems	195
	Subharmonic response of a single-barrier vibro-impact system to a narrow-band random excitation	205
	Strain solitons in solids: physics, numerics and fracture	215
	Multiple impacts of a bar with external dry friction	221
	Solving wave propagation problems symbolically using computer algebra	231
	Stiction modeling: first order differential equation approximation for nonholoäomic inequality constraint	241
	Vibro-impacts induced by non-linear resonances in hertzian contacts	251
	Effect of prestressing on durability at repeated impacts	261
	Identification of damage in bars using PZT sensors and regression techniques	269
	Laser vibrometry for impact measurements	279
	On the attainable performance of shock control by visco-elastic bumper	289
	Interaction analysis of mechanical system and hydraulic impact buffer	299
	Dynamics of the impact force generator	309
	Driver seat suspension design and identification for commercial vehicles	319
	Two-grooved automatic nail machine	329
	Analytical and numerical methods for the analysis of the stitch forming devices of blindstitch sewing	337
	Author Index	345