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Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2000, Orlando, Florida. This collection of 13 full-length, peer-reviewed papers covers central topics in theory and applications of nonlinear dynamics, stochastic mechanics and dynamics, and control of nonlinear mechanical and structural systems. Contents sampling: Bifurcations in a Mathieu Equation with Cubic Nonlinearities; Active Nonlinear Control of a Buckled Beam; Rubbing Phenomena in Rotar Stator Contact; Stability of High Speed Milling. By: Wei-Chau Xie, N. Sri Namachchivaya and B. Balachandran