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Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics (Stability and Control: Theory, Methods and Applications)
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Dedicated to Professor S. Leela in recognition of her significant contribution to the field of nonlinear dynamics and differential equations, this text consists of 38 papers contributed by experts from 15 countries, together with a survey of Professor Leela's work. The first group of papers examines stability, the second process controls, and the third section contains papers on various topics, including solutions for new classes of systems of equations and boundary problems, and proofs of basic theorems. Many of the featured problems are associated with the ideas and methods proposed and developed by Professor Leela.
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Nonlinear Dynamics of a Wheeled Vehicle (Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics)
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This monograph provides an overview of the theory of stability analysis and its applications. It focuses on various methods for analyzing wheeled vehicle behavior. The authors provide both basic and advanced knowledge of the subject. The book summarizes their research experience and extensive teaching. A large number of practical examples are included throughout to help readers understand the theory introduced.
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Nonlinear phenomena encountered in aviation and aerospace applications have stimulated cooperation among engineers and scientists from a range of disciplines. Developments in computer technology now allow solutions to many nonlinear problems, and industrial recognition of the use and applications of nonlinear mathematical models for solving technological problems is on the rise. Advances in Dynamics and Control clearly reflects the effectiveness of this interdisciplinary cooperation. This carefully edited volume contains research papers contributed by international experts that explore many new ideas, results, and research directions. These papers cover a wide range of topics, from rotorcraft dynamics, stabilization of unstable aircraft, spacecraft and satellite dynamics and control, missile auto-pilot and guidance design, hybrid system dynamics and control, intelligent control, neuro-fuzzy techniques, and structural and acoustic modelling.
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Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and Control (Progress in Systems and Control Theory)
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Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics: Methods and Applications
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Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics have been contributed by friends and colleagues of the late Professor Patarasp R. (Pat) Sethna. The topics covered range from specific problems - such as the dynamic buckling of shallow curved structures under stochastic loads, fluid particle motions in gravity and capillary waves generated by the Faraday instability, three-dimensional oscillations of suspended cables involving internal resonances, analysis of one-to-one autoparametric resonances in cables, chaos in elastoplastic oscillators, one- and two-parameter bifurcations to divergence and flutter in three-dimensional motions of a fluid conveying tube - to the more general, viz.: externally excited two-degree-of-freedom oscillators, time-periodic nonlinear systems undergoing bifurcations, and the dynamics of resonant capture.
The analyses span the whole spectrum of applicable methods for nonlinear dynamics, including perturbation methods, local bifurcational analysis of differential equations and maps, equivariant bifurcation theory, global bifurcation analysis of maps, Melnikov's technique, and the use of the Liapunov-Floquet transformation.
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Advances in Nonlinear Mechanics in China (The Delft Lecture Note Series)
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The theoretical research on nonlinear dynamics has been very active since the epoch-making discovery of the phenomenon chaos more than thirty years ago. The rapid progress of nonlinear dynamics is also due to the high demands of modern technology and engineering in various fields such as mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering, marine engineering, environment engineering, to name but a few. Recently considerable advances have been made in China in nonlinear dynamics, both in theory and application, and hundreds of papers have been published in Chinese peer reviewed journals. Some of them contain important contributions to the development of nonlinear vibration and nonlinear dynamics, many of them not yet introduced to the West. This book is a collection of representative papers published recently in the Chinese Journals Journal of Vibration Engineering, Vibration and Shock and Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics. Part 1 is a brief summary of the achievements on nonlinear vibration in China; Part 2 presents the phenomenon study; Parts 3 and 4 outline the theory research and the experimental technique respectively; Part 5 deals with controlling chaos; Part 6 presents the engineering applications.
This book will supply useful new ideas, and references in both theoretical and practical aspects to those interested in nonlinear vibration and nonlinear dynamics.
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This volume contains 45 full-length papers presented at the IUTAM Symposium on Advances in Nonlinear Stochastic Mechanics in Trondheim, Norway in July 1995. The contributions span the range from basic theoretical research to engineering applications. Particular areas covered include stochastic stability, nonlinear active control, nonlinear stochastic response, random material and system properties, stochastic finite elements, methods for non-gaussian processes, system identification, and modelling of environmental load processes. Specific applications include material fatigue, wind loading and response, offshore and earthquake engineering, and railway vibrations. The volume gives a representative overview of recent progress in theoretical methods and selected engineering applications and is a valuable reference for researchers in this very active field.
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Originally published in 1854, Walden, or Life in the Woods, is a vivid account of the time that Henry D. Thoreau lived alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. It is one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature.
This new paperback edition--introduced by noted American writer John Updike--celebrates the 150th anniversary of this classic work. Much of Walden's material is derived from Thoreau's journals and contains such engaging pieces as "Reading" and "The Pond in the Winter." Other famous sections involve Thoreau's visits with a Canadian woodcutter and with an Irish family, a trip to Concord, and a description of his bean field. This is the complete and authoritative text of Walden--as close to Thoreau's original intention as all available evidence allows.
For the student and for the general reader, this is the ideal presentation of Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent.
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The Hobo Philosopher.......2007-09-24
My first copy of this book was indubitably from some other publisher. So I'm not commenting on this particular volume but the content of the work itself.
I have always loved this book but it wasn't until recent years that I realized what a controversial book this was. Thoreau published this book at his own expense and he sold very few copies. Later on he stored most of his unsold copies in an attic. He once claimed to have the largest collection of book published by Henry David Thoreau than anyone alive - and I'm sure he did.
But why didn't people buy this book? Well, for one thing it was critical of "the neighborhood". For another thing it was critical of "the values of his neighbors". For another thing it was critical of the values of his countrymen; it was critical of Capitalism; it was critical of modern life; it was critical of the "consumer mentality"; it was critical of the work ethic; it was critical of buying things; it was critical of "getting ahead" and "accumulating; it was critical of working for a living; it was critical of achieving; it was a critique on the civilization of the day - and it was not positive.
So why did it make me feel good to read it then and why does it have the same effect on me today?
I don't know but whenever I get lonely to go have a talk with an old friend I go to the book shelf and pick up Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
Pertinent and well written.......2007-09-17
Strangely surprising how pertinent many of Thoreau's perceptions, opinions and insights on habits and values are to modern day society and culture. And impressive how vehemently he professes these views in some sections. No sugar coating here. This is raw stuff, presented with language and skill we've lost over the years.
My favorite quote: "One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels"
Thoreau is inspired and inspiring.
A lesson for us all.......2007-08-18
Imagine a man, living in the present time, who is fed up with life in our ever-changing electronic world. So, he goes to live in a hut he's re-built out by a gentle pond, reasonably away from civilization. He throws away his cell phone, computer, TV, radio, etc. and lives simply and quietly, observing naature with his eyes and a microscope. He's not a hermit, because he visits and is visited by, friends and neighbors. He examines his life in solitude and writes about the sights and sounds of the woods and the pond.
For two years living alone this way, he comes to know nature and himself intimately and when he returns to civilization, he is refreshed, spiritually, emotionally and mentally.
Now, imagine all this as done 160 years ago when technology consisted of things like the newly invented telegraph (which he disdained), railway system, and others. Thoreau, like many of us today, longed to live simply and in harmony with Nature. The inspiration for hundreds of hippies, eco-freaks, Luddites and anti-technologists, he showed us that we sometimes need to get back to simple and clean living with no one and nothing to intrude on our thoughts.
And by the time you've finished this little gem of a book, the weekend will be over, and it will be time to go back to the ugly, long commute to a place where technology and stress seemingly go hand in hand.
Great classic/ but too expensive here.......2007-07-16
I brought this book because I had a class that required it. I got it within 2 weeks so that wasn't bad but I hadn't realized that I paid more for the book here then I would have had I gone to a local store! The back of the book says it's only $2.50. The lowest price I could find on Amazon was $4. I guess that's why people don't have to pay for shipping when they purchase items that exceed $25! (The free mailing gets paid for (at least in this case), with higher book prices.
BTW I found out that this book is a free e-book via the web. Next time I'll make sure to check that avenue first.
Mr. Thoreau's Work: Walden.......2007-04-22
It looks like I rated it 4 stars. I can't seem to change that. I really meant to rate it a 3.
Fortunately, I read The Annotated Walden, annotated by Phillip Van Doren Stern. Thank goodness I chose it. Without Mr. Van Doren Stern's introduction, side bars, pictures and comments, I think I would have been thoroughly lost.
I have to agree with a few of the reviewers who stated how pompous Thoreau sounds; he does. He tries to act superior,only to have the side bar notations state something different; something that a friend mentioned. For example, he says he "could easily do without the post-office," yet a contemporary, Sanborne, is quoted off to the side of the annotated version as having said about this quote: "Few residents of Concord frequented the Post Office more punctually or read the newspapers more eagerly than Thoreau."
He contradicts himself constantly. He mocks people who don't read, and then says he barely read a few pages of one book in the two years he was at Walden pond. He could be vindictive; lashing out at Flint's Pond (and Mr. Flint) because Flint would not let him build a cabin on his pond. He comes off as a snob, saying most men learn to read only as a necessity; for work, to add up their profits. But *true* readers are hard to come by. "I aspire to be acquainted with wiser men than this Concord soil has produced.."
Yet, he also has some really great words of wisdom. He questions the wisdom in working so hard during the best part of your life (youth) only to spend the fruits of your labor "during the least valuable part of it." Enjoy life while you are young. Why work so hard when the endgame is death? He comments on things that are still true to this day; fashion and our obsession with appearance. Work to provide for yourself, not to overburden yourself and keep yourself in debt.
Someone reviewing this book on Amazon wrote that it was a failed experiment; that he meant to live in the woods as a hermit of sorts and failed miserably to do so. That was never the extent of his experiment. He never says he's going to lead a solitary life. He states he visited the village every day or two. "As I walked in the woods to see birds and squirrels, so I walked in the village to see men and boys."
I find myself having mixed feelings regarding this book. He is so contradictory, but then, so am I. He can be judgemental and then he can be spot-on. It was a difficult book to get through, Again, had I not had the annotated version, I would have been truly lost. He frustrated me at times. I was not reading literature. I was reading someone's diary that often went off-tangent (like this review). Is it Top 100 book worthy? My opinion: no. It was good at times, painful at others. I took 2 months to trudge through it, all the while reading 5 other books just to keep me going. I am glad I read it. I won't do it again though. Sorry, Mr. Thoroeau
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With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature.
The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal.
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In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his pencil-manufacturing business and began building a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. This lyrical yet practical-minded book is at once a record of the 26 months Thoreau spent in withdrawal from society -- an account of the daily minutiae of building, planting, hunting, cooking, and, always, observing nature -- and a declaration of independence from the oppressive mores of the world he left behind. Elegant, witty, and quietly searching, Walden remains the most persuasive American argument for simplicity of life clarity of conscience.
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The Best.......2007-01-26
This is the best book that the United States of America has produced. America has failed to the extent that it has fallen beneath the level of these practical ideals. But it is never too late to put them into practice.
A questioning of life.......2000-09-01
Thoreau masterfully analyzes his in its purest form, he does away his all superfluous details. He forces the read to question his own existence. He forces the reader to imagine life without technology, commotion and anything unnecessary. Besides his analysis in Walden, he takes a stand for the maverick, for the individual, for the non-conformist. Lastly his social commentary especially about slavery shows how wrong our coutry had been.
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With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature.
The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal.
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FIVE STARS FOR THE GIRL IN WYOMING!.......2005-09-13
I have no intention of reviewing the writings of Thoreau. The way I figure it is this : if you don't "get it" (and the world around us clearly testifies that few do), I'm not about to explain it. Besides, several other reviewers here have already done a very admirable job of excavating and cataloging the rich treasures that constitute the thoughts of Concord's timeless, self-professed "mystic, Transcendentalist, and natural philosopher."
I included this book in one of my Listmania Lists a while back, and was surprised to suddenly notice its low average grade today. I came to read the reviews and find out what's gone wrong here, and in doing so, I happened upon the review by the young lady from Rock Springs, Wyoming. Back in the year 2000, she gave 'WALDEN AND OTHER WRITINGS' one Star; titled her review, 'Dumb!'; stated that she "hated this book entirely"; and called for the start of an "anti-Thoreau campaign for students."
But it was her opening sentence that literally caused me to burst out laughing. Unquestionably and by a good margin, this is the funniest thing that I've ever encountered on the Amazon website. Actually, it's almost too perfect to be true. And yet, there it is. It provided me with the best laugh I have had in some time. If you don't appreciate the writings of Henry David Thoreau, then surely you will not appreciate the irony of her statement, but for those of us whose lives have been enriched by the New England SAUNTERER and NONCONFORMIST, this is just too "delicious!" Our Wyoming friend began her diatribe on Thoreau with this classic sentence :
"I HAVE TO MAKE THIS SHORT SINCE I WILL BE GOING OUT WITH MY BOYFRIEND FOR A 4:00 DATE AT McDONALD'S."
"I went to the fast food establishment because I wished to eat inexpensively,
to acquire only the essential promotional toys of a Happy Meal,
and see if I could not keep down what they had to serve,
and not when I came to die, discover that I had not removed the plastic wrap...
I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of Chicken McNuggets...
to forgo the hot dog in favor of a Quarter Pound of greasy, round-molded meat
and to put to rout all that was not delivered in under 60 seconds."
-- Henry David Thoreau
'WALDEN' (21st Century edition); chapter II
The positive reviews here say much about their authors..........2005-02-15
Lets cut to the chase, shall we? Academics and intellectuals like things written by other academics and intellectuals. They like "classics". Truth be told, this little tome is nothing but elitist, precious, fuzzy-minded rambling. Thoreau's poetic and mystical insights into "living off the land" are laughably naive and out of touch to anyone who has truly worked the land or lived in poverty. Its one more example of an intellectual "slumming" as some sort of lifestyle experiment...then writing about it in a gratingly self-congratulatory way. Wow, look at me, I lived here for TWO years! Did I mention that I built the cabin myself? Did I mention how cheaply I built everything? Did I mention how I sat for hours on end doing absolutely NOTHING? Did I mention how I walked into town everyday for supplies? Sure, Thoreau helped his family in their pencil making business, and thus wasn't materially rich, but why do his books only really appeal to well-off white folks? Because truly poor people know the reality of poverty. When all the poetry is stripped away, pretty though it may be, one is left with a self-indulgent fantasy about Thoreau's high concept and relatively low risk vacation.
Obsolete Editions.......2004-04-28
Teachers and Thoreau fans beware: this anthology contains heavily redacted versions of Thoreau's works and is not a reliable textual source. The version of _A Week_ is missing huge chunks of vital material, though the editor claims that he has included a complete version. Many titles and smaller details are wrong as well. The source editions for this anthology are pre-WWII. Much has changed for the better in the interim, and you cheat yourself by not ordering a more recent anthology--the Library of America one is excellent, textually impeccable.
Different, especially nowadays.......2004-02-09
How refreshing it was/is to pick up something like this. I had heard about it for such a long time and just refused to buy into the hype. Then again, I've been wanting to move out into the woods and live more simply before I read it. Now that I've finished it, all I can say is, "Don't wait! Read it now!" If you've got any soul left after what the concrete and highways have done to you, you'll love this book.
Also recommended: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, and Bark of the Dogwood by McCrae
Beautiful!.......2003-08-19
I find it very sad that so many Americans think this book rubbish. It is pity to acknowledge that this generation of America is so disconnected with its past. This book, if nothing else, stands as a great testament to American individual freedom, which is obviously lacking in this day and age. Walden, along with many of his other writings, is a classic, special not only for its literary merits, but also for the tiny ray of light it sheds in a continent so full of highrises, shopping malls, and concrete. Those who find this book boring or "full of bs", should read it again while camping in the outdoors!
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This book is not a novel, a narrative poem, or a play; there is no clear story line, no plot line. Nor is it autobiography, although much of it is based on Thoreau's life at Walden pond. The question of its structure has puzzled many critics, with some focusing on the cycle of the seasons as symbolic death and rebirth, and others on whether it is unified in spite of the oppositions it contains. It is not an easy book for a reader -- especially a first time reader -- to sort out and to find order in.
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ASIN: 0543951014
Release Date: 2000-05-30 |
Book Description
Part philosophical treatise, part autobiography, and part revelation, Walden is theproduct of Thoreau\'s solitary stay at Walden Pond, in which he attempted "to live deep and suck out all of the marrow of life." Through rich, vivid description and philoso
Book Description
At his death in 1862, Henry Thoreau left the major part of his writings unpublished, including 47 manuscript volumes of the Journal he kept for 24 years. Although the Journal has been acknowledged to be central to Thoreau's canon, criticism of it has been peripheral until now. In this
carefully considered book Sharon Cameron argues that ten years before his death Thoreau came to see the Journal as an autonomous composition-in competition with Walden-and that it was a viable work in its own right.
Examining the crossed and contradictory imperative of Thoreau's discourse, Cameron opens up the Journal to public scrutiny--moving from questions of linguistic strategies and issues of the Journal's presumptive audience, to the matter of how the academy might deal with the material. She concludes
that although the Journal is Thoreau's private work it is also his primary work and as such it should take precedence over the books Thoreau published in his lifetime.
Product Description
A treasury of Thoreau's great works. The complete Walden, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. Selections from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods, and The Journal.
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