PAPERS

［Vibration and Acoustics］

●Free Vibrations of a Flexible Spinning Disk with Axial Translation and Rigid-Body Tilting(329)

Sung Jin LEE, Jintai CHUANG and Jang Moo LEE

●Noise Characteristics of Current Collector for High-Speed Railway Using Delta-Shaped Collector Head(338)

Toshiaki MAKINO, Yutaka KAKEHI, Akiyoshi IIDA, Katuyuki TERADA and Morishige HATTORI

●Leakage-Flow-Induced Vibrations of an Axisymmetric Body（Part 1, Analysis of the Moment Acting on an Axisymmetric Body for Rotational Motion）(347)

Masaaki ARAI and Kiyohiro TAJIMA

●Leakage-Flow-Induced Vibrations of an Axisymmetric Body（Part 2, Theories and Experiments on the Stability of an Axisymmetric Body for One Degree of Freedom of Rotational Motion）(355)

Masaaki ARAI, Hidekazu SHIOMI and Kiyohiro TAJIMA

●Numerical Algorithm for Dynamic Problems Involving Fractional Operators(364)

Wei ZHANG and Nobuyuki SHIMIZU

［Dynamics, Measurement and Control］

●Discrete Adaptive State Feedback Control Based on a Strict Positive Realness and Its Application to the Liquid Container Transfer System(371)

Hirofumi OHTSUKA, Zenta IWAI and Ikuro MIZUMOTO

●Active Dynamic Vibration Absorber with Automatic Frequency-Tracking Performance(378)

Takeshi MIZUNO and Kenji ARAKI

●Time-Optimal Control of Servo Systems Using PD Algorithms(384)

Shang-Teh WU and Jeng-Young FU

●Control of a Servohydraulic Positioning System Using State-Space Controller with Grey Forecasting(391)

Jyh-Chyang RENN and Wen-Jen CHEN

●Introns for Accelerating Quasi-Macroevolution(398)

Ken NAITOH

●A New Evolution Strategy and Its Application Solving Optimal Control Problems (406)

M. M. H. HASHEM, Keigo WATANABE and Kiyotaka IZUMI

●Biaxial Contouring Control Using H∞ Pole Placement Design(413)

Mi-Ching TSAI, Hung-Shaing CHUANG and Ming-Yih LEE

●Optimal Digital Redesign of a Cascaded Continuous-Time System with Input Time Delays(421)

Jason Sheng-Hong TSAI, Yu-Pin CHANG and Leang-San SHIEH

［Robotics and Mechatronics］

●A Constrained Optimization Approach for Path Planning Robot Manipulators(430)

Cha'o-Kuang CHEN

［Machine Elements and Tribology］

●A Study of Hall Element Method for Ball Motion in a Ball Bearing(443)

Keiji IMADO, Hiroomi MIYAGAWA, Masaaki SASAKI and Fujio HIRANO

●Kinematic Analysis and Branch Identification of RSCR Spatial Four-Link Mechanisms(450)

Katsumi WATANABE, Takeshi SEKINE and Jun NANGO

●Axode Synthesis of Cam-Follower Mechanisms with Hyperboloidal Rollers(460)

Hong-Sen YAN and Wen-Teng CHENG

［Design, Systems and Manufacturing］

●Evaluation of Crack Closure in Intelligent Structure Member with Embedded SMA(470)

Eisaku UMEZAKI, Eiji KAWAHARA and Hiroshi WATANABE

●Structural Optimization Considering Flexibility（Integrated Design Method for Compliant Mechanisms）(476)

Shinji NISHIWAKI, Seungjae MIN, Susumu EJIMA and Noboru KIKUCHI

●Fractal Characteristics of Free Surface Profiles of Metal Sheets under Equi-Biaxial Tension(485)

Yasushi KUROSAKI, Masahito MATSUI, Tomoyuki TAKAYAMA and Akira NAKANISHI

●A New Punching Method in Intractable AFRP Laminated Composites by Press Working(493)

Taketoshi NOJIMA

●High Efficiency and Precision Grinding of Si3N4 Ceramic Balls Aided by Magnetic Fluid Support Using Diamond Wheels(499)

Bo ZHANG, Tetsutaro UEMATSU and Akira NAKAJIMA

●Foreword(509)

Yukio ISHIDA

●On the Discretization of Spatially Continuous Systems with Quadratic and Cubic Nonlinearities(510)

Ali H. NAYFEH and Walter LACARBONARA

●Steady-State Responses and Stability Analyses of the Duffing's Oscillator with the Softening Spring to an External Exciting Force(532)

Yoshihiro TSUDA, Miin-nan HUANG and Atsuo SUEOKA

●Dynamics of a Pendulum with Feedforward and Feedback Control(545)

Kazuyuki YAGASAKI

●Nonlinear Analysis of a Parametrically Excited Cantilever Beam（Effect of the Tip Mass on Stationary Response）(555)

Hiroshi YABUNO, Yoshiro IDE and Nobuharu AOSHIMA

●Experiment on Chaotic Oscillations of a Post-Buckled Reinforced Beam Constrained by an Axial Spring(563)

Ken-ichi NAGAI, Kunio KASUGA, Masaki KAMADA, Takao YAMAGUCHI and Katsuya TANIFUJI

●Identification of Nonlinear Vibration System by a Neural Network(570)

Anlin WANG, Hidenori SATO and Yoshio IWATA

●Chaotic Behavior in Gear System(577)

Keijin SATO, Sumio YAMAMOTO, Kazutaka YOKOTA, Katsutoshi YOSHIDA, Takanori OHMORI, Toshihiro AOKI and Shu KARUBE

●Forced Vibration Analysis of a Nonlinear Structure Connected in Series（Stability Analysis Based on the Argument Principle）(583)

Takahiro KONDOU, Atsuo SUEOKA and Takumi INOUE

●Nonlinear Forced Oscillation of a Rotating Disk Excited at a Point Fixed in Space（Combination Tones near Primary Resonance Points）(592)

Takao TORII, Kimihiko YASUDA and Tetsuya TOYODA

●Nonstationary Oscillations of a Nonlinear Rotor during Acceleration through the Major Critical Speed（Influence of Internal Resonance）(599)

Yukio ISHIDA and Tsuyoshi INOUE

●Railway Wheel Squeal（Squeal of Disk Subjected to Random Excitation）(608)

Mikio NAKAI and Satoru AKIYAMA

●Analysis of Chatter Vibration in an Automotive Wiper Assembly(616)

Ryosuke SUZUKI and Kimihiko YASUDA

●Self-Excited Vibratory System for a Flutter Mechanism(621)

Kyosuke ONO and Toru OKADA

●Pattern Formation Generated in a Winder System of Textile Machine(630)

Atsuo SUEOKA, Takahiro RYU, Masashi YOSHIKAWA, Takahiro KONDOU and Yoshihiro TSUDA

●Nonlinear Vibrations of a Structure Caused by Water Sloshing in a Cylindrical Tank(639)

Takashi IKEDA, Toshikazu HIRAYAMA and Noritoshi NAKAGAWA

●Nonlinear Lateral Vibration of a Vertical Fluid-Conveying Pipe with End Mass(652)

Masatsugu YOSHIZAWA, Toshiyuki SUZUKI, Masaya TAKAYANAGI and Kouji HASHIMOTO

●Modal Seismic Response Analysis of 3D-Piping System on Friction Support(662)

Tetsuya WATANABE and Kohei SUZUKI

●Study on Curving Characteristic of Vehicles with Non Linear Air Suspension(668)

Yoshihiro SUDA and Seiichiro KUMAKI

●Numerical Analysis on Heat-Induced Vibration of Air Column(674)

Tatsuya ISHII, Eiji HIRATA and Takamoto SAITO