Introduction .- String model.- Beam model.- Control of the string and beam model.- Belt model.- Control of the belt model.- Plate model.- Control of the plate model.- Conclusions and future research directions.
About the Author: Keum-Shik Hong received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering from Seoul National University in 1979, his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, New York, in 1987, and both an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1991. He joined the School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, in 1993, and he is currently a professor. His Integrated Dynamics and Control Laboratory was designated as a National Research Laboratory by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) of Korea in 2003. He also initiated the Department of Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering under the auspices of the World Class University program of the MEST of Korea in 2009. He received the Presidential Award of Korea in 2007. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology from 2008 to 2011 and is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems from 2018 to date. He is IEEE Fellow, ICROS Fellow, and Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and is Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He was President of the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems in 2015 and is President of Asian Control Association for 2020-2021. His research interests include axially moving systems, adaptive control, autonomous vehicles, brain-computer interfaces, and systems theory.

Dr. Hong is an author of the following Springer book:

Hong, K.-S. and Shah, U. H., Dynamics and Control of Industrial Cranes, Springer, ISBN 978-981-13-5769-5, March 2019. eBook ISBN 978-981-13-5770-1.

Li-Qun Chen received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anshan University of Science and Technology, Liaoning (USTL), in 1984, his M.S. degree in Mechanics from Northeastern University, Shenyang, in 1989, and his Ph.D. in Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1997. From 1984 to 1997, he worked in USTL as a teaching assistant, a lecturer, and an associate professor. From 1997 to 1999, he is Postdoc in Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics and was honored as National Excellent Postdoc in 2005. Since 1999, he has been a professor in Shanghai University. In 2017, he joined Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) as a professor. His research was supported by the National Outstanding Young Scientist Fund from 2008 to 2011. In 2008, he was honored as Changjiang Distinguished Professor. He received the National Natural Science Award in 2017. In recent 6 years, he is yearly one of the Most Cited Chinese Researchers in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He is Associate Editor-in-Chief of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) and Associate Editor of Nonlinear Dynamics. His research interests include vibration of axially moving systems, nonlinear designs for vibration reduction, and vibratiory energy harvesting.

Dr. Chen is a co-author of the following Springer books:

Liu, Y. Z. and Chen, L.-Q., Chaos in Attitude Dynamics of Spacecraft, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-30079-0, 2013. eBook ISBN 978-3-642-30080-6

Yang, S.-P., Chen, L.-Q. and Li, S.-H., Dynamics of Vehicle-Road Coupled System, Springer, ISBN 978-3-662-45956-0, 2015. eBook ISBN 978-3-662-45956-7

Phuong-Tung Pham received his B.S. and M.S degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, in 2016 and 2018, respectively. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea. His research interests include nonlinear control, adaptive control, vibration control, and control of distributed parameter systems.

Xiao-Dong Yang received his B.S. degree in Aero-engine Engineering in 1999 and his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2002 from Shenyang Aerospace University, Liaoning, and his Ph.D. in Mechanics from Shanghai University in 2005. From 2005 to 2012, he worked in Shenyang Aerospace University as a lecturer, an associate professor, and a full professor. He joined the School of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Electronics, Beijing University of Technology, as a professor in 2012. His research was supported by the Excellent Youth Science Fund from 2014 to 2016. He authors more than 100 papers. His research interests include vibration of axially moving continua, rotating continua, and vibration control.