Applied Mechanics and Materials

Description: The main topics of this Special Issue are linear and, mainly, nonlinear dynamics, chaos and control of systems and structures and their applications in different field of science and engineering. According to the goal of the Special Issue, the selected contributions are divided into three major parts: “Vibration Problems in Vertical Transportation Systems”, “Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Control of Elastic Structures” and “New Strategies and Challenges for Aerospace and Ocean Structures Dynamics and Control”. The discussion of real problems in aerospace and how these problems can be understood and solved in view of numerical, computational, theoretical and experimental approaches is an important field in engineering science. The contributions pertaining this class of problems and methods associated to aerospace structures are an important part of this special issue. The contributions cover mathematical modeling, nonlinear analysis, control theory, nonlinear state estimation, experimental analysis and related topics associated to artificial satellites, airplanes, rockets, space tethers, helicopters and related systems.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 4th International Conference on Machinery Electronics and Control Engineering (ICMECE 2014), November 8-9, 2014, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
The 69 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Advanced Materials Engineering and Processing Technologies;
Chapter 2: Applied Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies;
Chapter 3: Electronic Technologies and Integrated Circuits;
Chapter 4: Electrical Engineering and Electric Machines;
Chapter 5: Power System and Energy Engineering, its Applications;
Chapter 6: Automation and Control Systems

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 3rd International Conference on Mechanics and Control Engineering (ICMCE 2014), October 26-28, 2014, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
The 84 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Novel Materials and Processing Technologies;
Chapter 2: General Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics;
Chapter 3: Power Engineering;
Chapter 4: Modeling and Research of Electrical and Microstrip Circuits;
Chapter 5: Sensors, Measurements and Monitoring;
Chapter 6: Mechatronics Systems and Robotics;
Chapter 7: Control and Automation Sciences;
Chapter 8: Computational Mathematics and Applied Information Technologies;
Chapter 9: New Technologies and Methods in Civil Engineering;
Chapter 10: Innovative Technologies in Area of Industrial Engineering and Management

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Materials Engineering (AMTME 2014), October 25-26, 2014, Guangzhou, China.
The 89 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: New Materials and Advanced Materials;
Chapter 2: Materials Machining and Processing Technology;
Chapter 3: Surface Engineering and Forming Technology;
Chapter 4: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Manufacturing Processes;
Chapter 5: Manufacturing Systems, Control and Automation, Intelligent Design;
Chapter 6: Applied Mechanics and Fault Diagnosis Analysis;
Chapter 7: Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT 2014), October 18-19, 2014, Chongqing, China. The 271 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Computation Methods;
Chapter 2: Mathematical Methods and Information Technologies in Industrial Engineering;
Chapter 3: Data, Text, Sound, Image, Signal and Video Processing and Technologies;
Chapter 4: Sensors, Testing, Detection, Measurement and Monitoring Technologies;
Chapter 5: Control and Automation Technology, Design, Modeling and Simulation;
Chapter 6: Computer Science, Networks, Communication, Software, Information Security and Technologies;
Chapter 7: Electrical Circuit, Electronics and Power Research;
Chapter 8: Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Education and Economics

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Energy Materials and Environment Engineering (ICEMEE 2014), October 25-26, 2014, Guangzhou, China. The 142 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Engineering Decisions in Area of Renewable Energy;
Chapter 2: Engineering Decisions in Area of Traditional Power Engineering;
Chapter 3: Energy Materials and Technology;
Chapter 4: Energy-Saving Technology;
Chapter 5: Materials and Technologies of Environmental Engineering, Development and Protection of Bioresources;
Chapter 6: Waste Disposal and Pollution Control Project;
Chapter 7: Water Supply and Water Resource Engineering;
Chapter 8: Mining and Mineral Processing;
Chapter 9: Exploration and Mining of Oil and Gas Resources;
Chapter 10: Machines and Equipments for Energy and Resource Processing;
Chapter 11: Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Energy and Advanced Materials (ICE-SEAM 2013), October 30-31, 2013, Melaka, Malaysia.
The 43 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Advanced Materials and Processing Manufacturing Technologies,
Chapter 2: Applied Materials and Applied Mechanics, Materials Development and Fabrication,
Chapter 3 : Renewable Energy Engineering and Applications,
Chapter 4: Diesel and Fuel, Engines and Combustion,
Chapter 5: Resources Engineering and Applications,
Chapter 6: Power and Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control,
Chapter 7: Energy and Power Management, Energy Saving Technologies and Applications,
Chapter 8: Instrumentation, Sensors, Detection Technologies, Measurement,
Chapter 9: Environmental Engineering and Technologies, Health and Waste Management.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the First International Scientific Conference on Electrical Engineering, Energy, Mechanical Engineering, (EEM 2014), December 2-6, 2014, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
The 150 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Electrical Engineering, Electric Drive and Electromechanical Systems;
Chapter 2: Properties of Materials, Electrophysical and Mechanical Methods and Technologies of Materials Processing;
Chapter 3: Researching and Designing of Machines and Mechanisms;
Chapter 4: Energy Systems, Delivery and Distribution of Energy.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Material Engineering (ICMME2014), November 22-23, 2014, Shiyan, Hubei, China. The 111 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Materials Science and Technologies;
Chapter 2: Applied Mechanics, Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Automation and Control;
Chapter 3: Monitoring, Information and Communication Technologies;
Chapter 4: Solutions in Industrial Engineering and Management.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Mechanics, Mechatronics and Materials Research (ICM3R 2014), October 4-6, 2014, Nanjing, China.
The 52 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Research and Designing in Mechanical Engineering;
Chapter 2: Materials and Processing Technologies;
Chapter 3: Measurements and Processing of Signal and Data;
Chapter 4: Communication and Information Technologies;
Chapter 5: Engineering Management