Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation Aims and Scope Editors The journal publishes original research contribution on mathematical modelling, analytical approaches and numerical techniques, simulations for more accurate descriptions, predictions, experimental observations and applications of nonlinear phenomena in science and engineering. It provides a place to researchers for the rapid exchange of ideas and techniques in nonlinear science and complexity. A.C.-J. Luo Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL 62026-1805, USA Email: [email protected] The manuscripts in nonlinear science and complexity, pertaining to fundamental theories and principles, analytical and symbolic approaches, computational techniques, are encouraged. Topics of interest: • Theories, and Principles and General Methods in Nonlinear Physical Science • Fractional Calculus Theory and Applications • Nonlinear Fluid dynamics and Turbulence • Solitons and Fractals in Nonlinear Science and Engineering • Chaos and Pattern Formation • Stability and Bifurcation in Science and Engineering • Nonlinear Dynamics and Nonlinear Control • Computational Methods and Simulations in Nonlinear Science and Engineering • Experimental Techniques and Observations in Nonlinear Science and Engineering • Nonlinear Biological Physics, Ecology and Environmental Science • Nonlinear Phenomena in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Nanoscience S. Ruffo Dipartimento di Energetica, Via S. Marta 3, I-50139 Firenze, Italy Email: [email protected] Wei-Mou Zheng Institute of Theoretical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China Email: [email protected] Founder and Honorary Editor Y. Chen Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Associate Editors International Advisory Editors Board J. Awrejcewicz, Dept. of Automatics and Biomechanics K-16, Technical University of Lodz, 1/15 Stefanowski St., 90-924 Lódz, Poland, Email: [email protected] V. Afraimovich, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico C. Chandre, Centre de Physique Theorique, Campus de Luminy, Case 907, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France, Email: [email protected] M. Basso, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica, Universià di Firenze, Italy T. Dauxois, Lab. de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France, Email: [email protected] S.R. Bishop, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications, University College London, UK M. Gidea, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N St Louis, Chicago, IL 60625, USA, Email: [email protected] G.Q. Chen, Dept. of Mechanics & Engin. Science, Peking University, China N.H. Ibragimov, Dept. of Mathematics, IHN, Blekinge Institute of Technology, S-37179 Karlskrona, Sweden, Email: [email protected] N.A. Kudryashov, Physics Department, Moscow State Engineering and Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia, Email: [email protected] Y. Lan, Dept. of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China, Email: [email protected] J. Lu, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242, USA, Email: [email protected] L. Ostrovsky, NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory, Zel Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA, Email: [email protected] G. Pedrizzetti, D.I.C.A., Università degli Studi di Trieste, P. Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy, , Email: [email protected] S.V. Prants, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pacific Oceanological Institute, 43 Baltiiskaya Street, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia, Email: [email protected] J.Q. Sun, School of Engineering, University of California at Merced, 5200 N. Lake Road, Merced, CA 95344, USA, Email: [email protected] V.E. Tarasov, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia, Email: [email protected] J.A. Tenreiro Machado, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, ISEP-Institute of Engineering of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Email: [email protected] Z. Zheng, Dept. of Physics, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China, Email: [email protected] M. Courbage, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France L. Dai,Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Canada H.R. Hamidzadeh, Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engin., TSU, USA Y. Huang, Dept. of Mathematics, Peking University, China M. Kastner, Wallenberg Research Centre, National Institute for Theoretical Physics, South Africa R. Khomeriki, Physics Department, Tbilisi State University, Georgia T. Konishi, Dept. of Physics, Nagoya University, Japan S. Liao, School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China N.A. Magnitskii, Inst. of Syst. Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Y.L. Maistrenko, Center for Medical and Biotechnical Researches, The National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine J.J. Masdemont, Depto. de Matemàtica Aplicada IV, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain D.E. Pelinovsky, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, McMaster University, Canada F. Pellicano, Dipto. di Ingegneria Meccanica e Civile, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy R.H. Rand, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell Univ., USA Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cnsns S.C. Sinha, Nonlinear Systems Research Lab., Auburn University, USA A. Tamasevicius, Plasma Phenomena and Chaos Laboratory, Semiconductor Physics Institute, Lithuania G. Unal, Fac. of Science, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey P. Woafo, Lab. of Modelling and Simulation in Engin. and Biol. Physics, University of Yaounde, Cameroon P. Yu, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, Canada.