Dynamics of Multibody Systems IUTAM/IFToMM Symposium, Udine, Italy, September 16–20, 1985

Dynamics for Flexible Systems.- Stability of Several Degrees of Freedom Moving Subsystem Interacting with Waves of Continuous Media.- Canonical Approach to Multibody Systems Using Redundant Coordinates.- Dynamic Effects of Active Elements in Manipulators and their Influence upon the Controlling Drives.- Dynamcis of Flexible Machines: A Variational Approach.- Useful Procedures in Multibody Dynamics.- On Steady-State Motions of an Axisymmetric Rigid Body on a “String” Suspension.- Startup Torsional Vibration of Rotating Machine Driven by Synchronous Motor.- Dynamics of Active Mechanisms with Flexible Links.- Dynamics of Gyroscopic Systems for Indicating the Vertical on Ships.- Dynamics of Elastic Multibody Systems Involving Closed Loops.- Dynamics of Chains of Rigid Bodies and Elastic Rods with Revolute and Prismatic Joints.- Symbolic Generation of Efficient Simulation/Control Routines for Multibody Systems.- Identification of Models for Dynamic Systems.- Modelling Optimal Prescribed Manipulator Trajectories.- Analysis of Nonlinear Stochastic Multibody Systems.- A Near Minimum Iterative Analytical Procedure For Obtaining a Robot-Manipulator Dynamic Model.- Global Treatment of Energy Dissipation Effects for Multibody Satellites.- Equilibria and Stability of Satellite Gyrostats: A Comprehensive Review.- Multibody Formalism Applied to Non-Conventional Railway Systems.- Strength Estimations in Multibody Systems.- A Perspective on Computer-Oriented Multibody Dynamical Formalisms and their Implementations.- Interactive Design for Flexible Multibody Control.- Dynamics of a High-Speed Rotor Touching a Boundary.- Computer Analysis of Multibody Systems with “Natural Coordinates”.- Earthquake Vibrational Response of Turbo-Machines.