IUTAM chaos `97 - symposium on new applications of nonlinear and chaotic dynamics in mechanics
It will be nearly twenty years since Feigenbaum`s landmark papers on period doubling and the modern beginnings of what is now called {open_quotes}Chaos Theory{close_quotes} in the popular press. From the very beginning, mechanics has been a central focus for modern nonlinear dynamical systems, from Lorenz`s pioneering work in 1963 on Rayleigh-Benard flow, to Holmes` theory of strange attractors in the buckling of structures in 1978. Fluid, structural, machine and rigid body dynamics has been a fertile field for nonlinear phenomena and chaos in particular. Early experimental evidence for chaotic phenomena in mechanics gave the new {open_quotes}chaos theory{close_quotes} a mark of credibility, importance, and relevance that its earlier sister catastrophe theory did not achieve. The fact that mechanics straddles both physics and engineering also meant that mechanics became a pathway for direct application of chaos theory to applied problems such as aeroelastic instabilities, ship capsize, rattling and impact in machines, cable dynamics and many others. These applications were the subject of numerous conferences including two predecessors to this Symposium, Stuttgart in 1989 and London in 1993. This document contains abstracts of reports which were presented at the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Symposium on Applications of Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics in Mechanics. Individual reports have been processed separately for the United States Department of Energy databases.
- Research Organization:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC (United States); Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-96ER14683
- OSTI ID:
- 587729
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970733-Absts.; ON: DE98001919; TRN: 98:001748
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IUTAM CHAOS `97: symposium on applications of nonlinear and chaotic dynamics in mechanics, Ithaca, NY (United States), 27 Jul - 1 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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