Chap 1. Interface Reduction on Hurty/Craig-Bampton Substructures with Frictionless Contact.- Chap 2. Experimental Path Following of Unstable Static Equilibria for Snap-Through Buckling.- Chap 3. Direct Detection of Nonlinear Modal Interactions and Model Updating using Measured Time Series.- Chap 4. Pareto Optimization of a Nonlinear Tuned Mass Damper to Control Vibrations in Hand Held Impact Machines.- Chap 5. Inverse Methods for Characterizing of Contact Areas in Mechanical Systems.- Chap 6. Experimental... Mehr