Meet the editor

Prof. José Manoel Balthazar is a distinguished Scientific Researcher specializing in Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Control, and their Applications to Engineering, including science and experimental aspects of nonlinear dynamics and Electromechanical Systems across MACRO, MEMS, and NEMS scales. He holds a professorship in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Bauru, São

Paulo, Brazil. Additionally, he serves as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Technology of Paraná (UTFPR) in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil. Prof. Balthazar is a full member of the Academy of Sciences (ACIESP) in São Paulo, Brazil, and a Fellow of the CNPq-Brazilian Council for Mechanical Engineering Research. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of São Paulo in São Carlos, SP, Brazil. His expertise extends to serving as a journal reviewer in the fields of nonlinear dynamics, chaos, and control, further highlighting his significant contributions to these areas of research.

Prof. Angelo Marcelo Tusset boasts extensive expertise in mathematics, with a particular focus on dynamic systems. His research interests encompass a wide range of topics including SDRE control, chaos, linear feedback control, and both active and optimal control. He holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Federal University of Technology–Paraná (UTFPR) in Ponta Grossa,

Paraná, Brazil. As a recognized scholar, Prof. Tusset is a Fellow of the CNPq-Brazilian Council for Mechanical Engineering Research Development. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In addition to his academic and research roles, Prof. Tusset contributes significantly to the scientific community as a journal reviewer, focusing on key areas such as nonlinear dynamics, chaos, and control. His work has been featured in leading international journals dedicated to these themes.

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Preface

The oscillatory processes can be divided into the following types: free, forced, parametric, and self-excited oscillations. In addition, two or more oscillations can interact in the same oscillatory system. This fact is of important scientific and practical interest. It is well known that oscillators are widely used in engineering and science for various applications such as signal generation, modeling, and

This book presents a selection of papers on the dynamic behavior of oscillatory systems dealing with physical systems modeling, as well as discusses the physical phenomena involved and the methodology used to deal with them. It also explores the possible applications of oscillators to practical problems in engineering and

Acknowledgments are due to all the authors, co-authors, and reviewers for all their time and collaboration and for their interest and enthusiasm in supporting this book.

The authors also acknowledge Mrs. Ana Cink at IntechOpen for her help throughout

**José M. Balthazar and Angelo M. Tusset** Federal University of Technology – Parana,

Ponta Grossa, Brazil

The book contains eight chapters organized into three sections.

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