LARGE-AMPLITUDE PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS IN SUSPENSION BRIDGES - SOME NEW CONNECTIONS WITH NONLINEAR-ANALYSIS

This paper surveys an area of nonlinear functional analysis and its applications. The main application is to the existence and multiplicity of periodic solutions of a possible mathematical models of nonlinearly supported bending beams, and their possible application to nonlinear behavior as observed in large-amplitude flexings in suspension bridges. A second area, periodic flexings in a floating beam, also nonlinearly supported, is covered at the end of the paper.