Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

Preface.- A Flexible Multibody Pantograph Model for the Analysis of the Catenary-Pantograph Contact, by Jorge Ambrosio, Frederico Rauter, João Pombo and Manuel S. Pereira.- Maneuvering Multibody Dynamics - New Developments for Models with Fast Solution Scales and Pilot-in-the-Loop Effects, by Carlo L. Bottasso, Giorgio Maisano and Francesco Scorcelletti.- Optimization of Multibody Systems and their Structural Components, by Olivier Bruls, Etienne Lemaire, Pierre Duysinx and Peter Eberhard.- Real-Time Aeroservoelastic Analysis of Wind-Turbines by Free Multibody Software, by Luca Cavagna, Alessandro Fumagalli, Pierangelo Masarati, Marco Morandini and Paolo Mantegazza.- Comparison of Planar Structural Elements for Multibody Systems with Large Deformations, by Markus Dibold and Johannes Gerstmayr.- Modeling and Analysis of Rigid Multibody Systems with Translational Clearance Joints Based on the Nonsmooth Dynamics Approach, by Paulo Flores, Remco Leine and Christoph Glocker.- Application of General Multibody Methods to Robotics, by Janusz Frączek and Marek Wojtyra.- Energy Considerations for the Stabilization of Constrained Mechanical Systems with Velocity Projection, by Juan C. Garcia Orden and Roberto A. Ortega Aguilera.- A General Purpose Algorithm for Optimal Trajectory Planning of Closed Loop Multibody Systems, by Makoto Iwamura, Peter Eberhard, Werner Schiehlen and Robert Seifried.- Real-Time Simulation of Extended Vehicle Drivetrain Dynamics, by Ralf U. Pfau and Thomas Schaden.- Assessment of Antagonistic Muscle Forces During Forearm Flexion/Extension, by Maxime Raison, Christine Detrembleur, Paul Fisette and Jean-Claude Samin.- Computing Time Reduction Possibilities in Multibody Dynamics, by Thorsten Schindler, Markus Friedrich and Heinz Ulbrich.- Optimization-based Design of Minimum Phase Underactuated Multibody Systems, by Robert Seifried.- GPU-based Parallel Computing for the Simulation of Complex Multibody Systems with Unilateral and Bilateral Constraints: An Overview, by Alessandro Tasora, Dan Negrut and Mihai Anitescu.- Investigation of Gears Using an Elastic Multibody Model with Contact, by Pascal Ziegler and Peter Eberhard.