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Tribute to Ali H. Nayfeh (1933–2017)

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Ali H. Nayfeh has been the most influential scholar and scientist of the contemporary era of nonlinear dynamics in mechanics and engineering. Upon summarizing his publications and achievements, due to space restriction attention is only paid to his successful activity as a books’ author, discussing specific/novel aspects and highlighting some common underlying methodological features.

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The financial support of the Italian Research Project PRIN 2015 (No. 2015JW9NJT) is acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Gramsci 53, 00197, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe Rega

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  2. Department of Civil and Building Engineering, and Architecture, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

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Rega, G. (2020). Tribute to Ali H. Nayfeh (1933–2017). In: Kovacic, I., Lenci, S. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Exploiting Nonlinear Dynamics for Engineering Systems. ENOLIDES 2018. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23692-2_1

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