The purpose of this monograph is threefold. First, mathematical models of the transient behavior of some or all of the state variables describing the motion of multiple-link flexible structures will be developed. The structures which we have in mind consist of finitely many interconnected...
I. Introduction.- 1. General Overview.- 2. On the Contents of the Book.- II. Modeling of Networks of Elastic Strings.- 1. Modeling of Nonlinear Elastic Strings.- 2. Networks of Nonlinear Elastic Strings.- 3. Linearization.- 4. Well-posedness of the Network Equations.- 5. Controllability...