ICOVP 2013 - 11th International Conference on Vibration Problems

ICOVP conference series bring together researchers investigating vibration-related problems in science and engineering providing an international forum for the present state-of-the-art in this increasingly broad scientific domain including the following topics (but not limited to):
? Mathematical Modelling
? Experimental Techniques
? Computational Methods
? Nonlinear and Stochastic Dynamics
? Structural Dynamics
? Wave Problems
? Neurodynamics
? Acoustics
? Fluid-Structure Interactions
? Identification and Modal Analysis
? Signal Processing
? Dynamics of Rotating Systems
? Structural Health Monitoring
? Vibration Control and Isolation
Mini-Symposia
MS01: Nonlinear Dynamics in Technical Systems and Applications
Corresponding Organizer: Utz von Wagner
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Email: utz.vonwagner-AT-tu-berlin.de
Co-Organizer: Daniel Hochlenert
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
MS02: Inverse Problems and Uncertainty Quantification
Corresponding Organizer: Daniel A. Castello
COPPE ? Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Email: castello-AT-mecanica.coppe.ufrj.br
Co-Organizer: Aurélio L. Araújo
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
MS03: Vibration Problems in Vertical Transportation Systems
Corresponding Organizer: Stefan Kaczmarczyk
The University of Northampton, Northampton, UK, Email: stefan.kaczmarczyk-AT-northampton.ac.uk
Co-Organizer: Ignacio Herrera Navarro
Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
MS04: Advances in Structural Dynamics of High-Performance Machines
Corresponding Organizer: Nenad Zrnic
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Email: nzrnic-AT-mas.bg.ac.rs
Co-Organizer: Srđan Bošnjak
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
MS05: Recent Advances in Vibrations of Composite Structures
Corresponding Organizer: Pedro Ribeiro
Universidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal, Email: pmleal-AT-fe.up.pt
Co-Organizer: José Dias Rodrigues
Universidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal
Co-Organizer: Jerzy Warminski
Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland
MS06: Dynamic Stability, Deterministic, Chaotic and Random Post-Critical States
Corresponding Organizer: Jiří Náprstek
The Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Prague, Czech Republic, Email: naprstek-AT-itam.cas.cz
Co-Organizer: Andrei V. Metrikine
Delft University of Technology, Deft, The Netherlands
MS07: Advanced Beam Models
Corresponding Organizer: Dinar Camotim
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Email: dcamotim-AT-civil.ist.utl.pt
Co-Organizer: Rodrigo Gonçalves
Nova University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
MS08: Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Control of Elastic Structures
Corresponding Organizer: José Manoel Balthazar
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, Email: jmbaltha-AT-rc.unesp.br
Co-Organizer: Paulo Batista Goncalves
PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Co-Organizer: Marcio José Horta Dantas
UFU, Uberlandia, MG, Brazil
MS09: Vibration and Noise in Rail Transportation
Corresponding Organizer: Andrea Bracciali
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, Email: andrea.bracciali-AT-unifi.it
Co-Organizer: Simon Iwnicki
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
MS10: Dynamic Analysis of Plates and Shells
Corresponding Organizer: Paritosh Biswas
University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohanpur, West Bengal, India, Email: p.biswas1943-AT-gmail.com
Co-Organizer: Aram Soroushian
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran
Co-Organizer: Uma Basu
University of Calcutta, Kolkate, India
MS11: Neural-Oscillation and Cognition
Corresponding Organizer: Kanad Ray
JK Lakshmipat University, Rajasthan, India, Email: kanadray-AT-yahoo.co.in
Co-Organizer: Amit Neogi
The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Rajasthan, India
Co-Organizer: Bapi Karmakar
Von Karman Society for Advanced Study and Research in Mathematical Sciences, West Bengal, India
MS12: Trefftz-Type Methods for Vibration Problems
Corresponding Organizer: Dragos Ionut Moldovan
Catholic University of Portugal, Rio de Mouro, Portugal, Email: ionut-AT-fe.lisboa.ucp.pt
Co-Organizer: Bert Pluymers
Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Co-Organizer: Wim Desmet
Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
MS13: Time-Periodic Systems: Modelling, Behaviour and Applications
Corresponding Organizer: Fadi Dohnal
TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, Email: dohnal-AT-sdy.tu-darmstadt.de
Co-Organizer: Ivana Kovacic
University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Co-Organizer: Matthew Phillip Cartmell
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
MS14: Vibration of Solids and Structures Arising from Moving Loads
Corresponding Organizer: Piotr Koziol
Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland, Email: piotr.koziol-AT-wbiis.tu.koszalin.pl
Co-Organizer: Miguel de Matos Neves
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Co-Organizer: Zuzana Dimitrovová
Nova University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
MS15: Probabilistic Assessment of Structural Dynamics
Corresponding Organizer: Juraj Králik
Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia, Email: juraj.kralik-AT-stuba.sk
MS16: Dynamic Analysis of High-Speed Railway Bridges
Corresponding Organizer: Ricardo Figueiredo Vieira
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Email: ricardov-AT-civil.ist.utl.pt
Co-Organizer: Francisco Virtuoso
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Co-Organizer: Luis Guerreiro
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
MS17: Wave Propagation in Structures and Materials
Corresponding Organizer: Michael J. Leamy
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, USA, Email: michael.leamy-AT-me.gatech.edu
MS18: Nonlinear Structural Dynamic Analysis - From Theory to Practice
Corresponding Organizer: Aram Soroushian
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran, Email: aramsoro-AT-yahoo.com
MS19: Dynamics, Identification and Control of Mechanical Systems
Corresponding Organizer: Carmine Maria Pappalardo
University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, Email: cpappalardo-AT-unisa.it
MS20: High Intensity Ultrasound Systems
Corresponding Organizer: Jörg Wallaschek
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany, Email: wallaschek-AT-ids.uni-hannover.de
MS21: Innovative Concepts to Influence or Monitor Vibration Systems
Corresponding Organizer: Edwin Kreuzer
Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany, Email: kreuzer-AT-tu-harburg.de
Co-Organizer: Marc-André Pick
Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany
MS22: Control of Non-Linear Vibration using an Iterative Sherman-Morrison Receptance Method
Corresponding Organizer: Laurence Wilmshurst
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, Email: lw5e10-AT-soton.ac.uk
Co-Organizer: Maryam Ghandchi-Tehrani
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Co-Organizer: Steve Elliott
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
MS23: Vibration Induced by Road and Railway Traffic
Corresponding Organizer: Pedro Alves Costa
University of Porto, Oporto, Portugal, Email: pacosta-AT-fe.up.pt
Co-Organizer: Mohammed Hussein
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
MS24: Optimization on Vibration Control of Structures
Corresponding Organizer: Sinan Melih Nigdeli
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, Email: melihnig-AT-istanbul.edu.tr
Co-Organizer: Gebrail Bekdaş
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
MS25: New Strategies and Challenges for Aerospace and Ocean Structures Dynamics and Control
Corresponding Organizer: André Fenili
Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil, Email: andre.fenili-AT-ufabc.edu.br
Co-Organizer: Cayo Prado Fernandes Francisco
Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Co-Organizer: José Manoel Balthazar
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
MS26: Development of Materials and Systems for Damping Vibrations
Corresponding Organizer: Fabrizia Ghezzo
Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China, Email: fabriziaghezzo-AT-gmail.com
Co-Organizer: Hélder Carriço Rodrigues
Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Co-Organizer: Zuzana Dimitrovová
Nova University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
MS27: Dynamics Drilling Deep Boreholes ? Drillstring and Drillbit Vibrations
Corresponding Organizer: Hans Ingo Weber
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, Brazil, Email: hans-AT-puc-rio.br
Co-Organizer: Luiz Franca
CSIRO ? Earth, Science and Resource Engineering, Perth, Australia
MS28: Oscillations in the Solids Systems with Combined Dry Friction
Corresponding Organizer: Alexey A. Kireenkov
Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Email: kireenk-AT-ipmnet.ru
Co-Organizer: Alexander V. Karapetyan
Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
MS29: Design of Coupling for Synchronization
Corresponding Organizer: Tatjana Pyragiene
Semiconductor Physics Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania, Email: pyragiene-AT-pfi.lt
MS30: Railway Vehicle Vibration Characteristics Based on Different Structural and Suspension Parameters
Corresponding Organizer: Yan Li
State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, Email: liyan_0712-AT-163.com
MS31: Vibration Problems in Earthquake Engineering
Corresponding Organizer: Mahmood Hosseini
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran, Email: hosseini-AT-iiees.ac.ir
Co-Organizer: Aram Soroushian
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran
MS32: Vibration Analysis of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Structures
Corresponding Organizer: José Guilherme Santos da Silva
UERJ - State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Email: jgss-AT-uerj.br
Co-Organizer: Ricardo Azoubel da Mota Silveira
UFOP - Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil