%0 Journal Article %T Chaotic synchronization of vibrations of a coupled mechanical system consisting of a plate and beams %A Awrejcewicz %A J. %A Krysko %A A.V. %A Yakovleva %A T.V. %A Zelenchuk %A D.S. %A Krysko %A V.A. %J Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures %D 2013 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1679-78252013000100016 %X in this paper mathematical model of a mechanical system consisting of a plate and either one or two beams is derived. obtained pdes are reduced to odes, and then studied mainly using the fast fourier and wavelet transforms. a few examples of the chaotic synchronizations are illustrated and discussed. %K chaos %K synchronization %K plate %K beam %K wavelets. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-78252013000100016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en