**Meet the editor**

Francisco Beltrán Carbajal obtained the Electromechanical Engineer's degree in 1993 from the Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec (México) and the PhD. degree in Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics) in 2004 from the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN) in Mexico City (Mexico). He is currently a Titular Professor in the

Energy Department in the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Unidad Azcapotzalco in Mexico City. From 2004 to 2009 he was with the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, where he served as Professor, Head of the Department of Electronics and Mechatronics, Director of the Mechatronics Program, Associated National Coordinator of the Electronic Academy of the Tecnológico de Monterrey and Leader of the Research Chair in Embedded Systems for Robust Automation of Electronic and Mechatronic Products. Dr. Beltrán has worked in automotive industry as electromechanical engineer and as professor in several universities such as Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec, Universidad Politécnica de la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara. He has served as a consultant and leader of technological development and innovation projects to industry. He has published several technical publications in journals, book chapters and conferences, and two books. His main research interests are vibration control, rotating machinery, mechatronics, and linear and nonlinear control.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Techniques 1**

Arias-Montiel

**Bearings 51**

**Dynamics 103**

Chapter 1 **Rotors on Active Magnetic Bearings: Modeling and Control**

Chapter 2 **Estimation and Active Damping of Unbalance Forces in Jeffcott-Like Rotor-Bearing Systems 29**

Chapter 3 **Rotordynamic Stabilization of Rotors on Electrodynamic**

J. G. Detoni, F. Impinna, N. Amati and A. Tonoli

Chapter 4 **Free Vibration Analysis of Spinning Spindles: A Calibrated**

Chapter 5 **Vibration Control of Flexible Structures Using Semi-Active Mount : Experimental Investigation 87**

Seung-Bok Choi, Sung Hoon Ha and Juncheol Jeon

Chapter 7 **Vibration and Optimization Analysis of Large-Scale Structures**

**using Reduced-Order Models and Reanalysis Methods 133** Zissimos P. Mourelatos, Dimitris Angelis and John Skarakis

Chapter 6 **Recent Advances on Force Identification in Structural**

N. M. M. Maia, Y. E. Lage and M. M. Neves

**Dynamic Stiffness Matrix Method 67** Seyed M. Hashemi and Omar Gaber

Andrea Tonoli, Angelo Bonfitto, Mario Silvagni and Lester D. Suarez

Francisco Beltran-Carbajal, Gerardo Silva-Navarro and Manuel
