... behaviors ranging from intrawell motion to periodic and chaotic interwell motion. The linear and nonlinear dynamic responses of both elastically and plastically deformed shallow arches are presented. Introducing an energy potential criterion, we classify the structure’s behavior within the parameter space...

... is to perform a series of nonlinear dynamic analyses with the input earthquake acceleration record scaled to several different levels ranging from linear structural response to structural collapse. The results are presented by plotting an intensity measure (IM), which is basically a measure of environmental...

... to the dynamic force associated with the propagation of the waves. highly nonlinear solitary waves discrete particle model acoustic lenses granular arrays nonlinear dynamics In the last decade, there has been an increasing attention on the use of highly- and weakly-nonlinear solitary waves...

... in an earlier study by some of the present authors, are compared with the simulated results. Good agreement is observed and it is concluded that a nonlinear dynamic model using finite elements provides a rigorous approach for estimating the hazard zone (HZ) and, also, for treating the kinematics of a whipping...

... nonlinear dynamics rotating bucket The behavior of granular materials such as sand or powders is one of the mysterious problems of modern science ( 1 ). As a collection of inelastic particles, the flow of granular media is neither similar to that of solids nor gases nor even liquids. As particle...