Uniquely highlights the role of global dynamics for the analysis and control of nonlinear response, and for interpreting/predicting experimental behavior

The first book on dynamical integrity as a unified perspective for improving load carrying capacity and safety of engineering systems via a novel design paradigm

Moves from slender structures/reduced-order models in macro and micro/nano-mechanics to multidimensional models representative of real world applications

Inhalt
Dynamic integrity: three decades of progress from macro to nano mechanics.- Dynamical integrity: a novel paradigm for evaluating load carrying capacity.- Interpreting and predicting experimental response of micro and nano devices via dynamical integrity.- Nonlinear dynamics, safety and control structures liable to interactive unstable buckling.- Local versus global dynamics and control of an AFM model in a safety perspective.- Global analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems.