Dynamics of Multibody Systems: Symposium Munich/Germany August 29–September 3, 1977: IUTAM Symposia

Simulation of Multibody Systems Using the Vector-Network Model.- On the Influence of Damping on the Stability of Certain Gyroscopic Systems.- A Flexible Passive Space Array with Springs (II).- Multibody System Applications and Simulations at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.- Some Recent Advances in Numerical Methods in Structural Dynamics.- Nonlinear Behaviour of Multibody Systems under Impulsive Parametric Excitation.- The Self-Synchronization of Mechanical Vibrators of the Resonance Type Vibrating Machinery with Multidegree of Freedom.- On Mechanics of Gyroscopes in Gimbal Suspension.- Nonholonomic Multibody Systems Containing Gyrostats.- Simulation of the Longitudinal Dynamics of a Train.- The Dynamics of a Class of Electrically-Actuated and Cable-Driven Manipulators.- New Methods in the Dynamics of Systems of Rigid Bodies.- Dynamics of Nonideal Gyroscopic Systems.- Multibody Systems Containing Active Elements: Generation of Linearized System Equations, System Analysis and Order-Reduction.- Identification of Lumped Element Models from Response Measurements of Vibrating Structures.- The Mathematical Description of Mechanical Systems from the View of Control Engineering with Hybrid Coordinates as State Space Variables.- Response by Normal Coordinates of a Structure Interacting with a Fluid.- Bond Graphs for Flexible Multibody Systems.- Unbalance-Caused Instabilities on Segmented Elastically Coupled Rotor Systems.- Synthesis and Dynamic Characteristics of Large Structures with Rotating Substructures.- Structural Dynamics and Configuration Control of Spinning and Gravity Oriented Multibody Systems.- On the Stability of Interactive Multibody Systems with an Application to Maglev-Vehicle-Guideway Control Systems.- Constraint Stabilization for Rigid Bodies: An Extension of Baumgarte’s Method.- Symbolic Computerized Derivation of Equations of Motion.- Identification of a Rotor System.- On Decentralized Control of Large-Scale Systems.- Model Truncation Using Controllability, Observability Measures.- The Stability of a Class of Multiaxle Railway Vehicles Possessing Perfect Steering.- Nonlinear Equations of Motion for Arbitrary Systems of Interconnected Rigid Bodies.- Comments of the members of the Scientific Committee given at the Closing Session.