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

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Dynamics for Flexible Systems....Pages 1-16 Stability of Several Degrees of Freedom Moving Subsystem Interacting with Waves of Continuous Media....Pages 17-29 Canonical Approach to Multibody Systems Using Redundant Coordinates....Pages 31-41 Dynamic Effects of Active Elements in Manipulators and their Influence upon the Controlling Drives....Pages 43-54 Dynamics of Flexible Machines: A Variational Approach....Pages 55-67 Useful Procedures in Multibody Dynamics....Pages 69-77 On Steady-State Motions of an Axisymmetric Rigid Body on a »String« Suspension....Pages 79-90 Startup Torsional Vibration of Rotating Machine Driven by Synchronous Motor....Pages 91-102 Dynamics of Active Mechanisms with Flexible Links....Pages 103-118 Dynamics of Gyroscopic Systems for Indicating the Vertical on Ships....Pages 119-127 Dynamics of Elastic Multibody Systems Involving Closed Loops....Pages 129-140 Dynamics of Chains of Rigid Bodies and Elastic Rods with Revolute and Prismatic Joints....Pages 141-152 Symbolic Generation of Efficient Simulation/Control Routines for Multibody Systems....Pages 153-164 Identification of Models for Dynamic Systems....Pages 165-175 Modelling Optimal Prescribed Manipulator Trajectories....Pages 177-188 Analysis of Nonlinear Stochastic Multibody Systems....Pages 189-199 A near Minimum Iterative Analytical Procedure for Obtaining a Robot-Manipulator Dynamic Model....Pages 201-212 Global Treatment of Energy Dissipation Effects for Multibody Satellites....Pages 213-225 Equilibria and Stability of Satellite Gyrostats: A Comprehensive Review....Pages 227-236 Multibody Formalism Applied to Non-Conventional Railway Systems....Pages 237-248 Strength Estimations in Multibody Systems....Pages 249-259 A Perspective on Computer-Oriented Mutlibody Dynamical Formalisms and their Implementations....Pages 261-273 Interactive Design for Flexible Multibody Control....Pages 275-286 Dynamics of a High-Speed Rotor Touching a Boundary....Pages 287-298 Computer Analysis of Multibody Systems with »Natural Coordinates«....Pages 299-309 Earthquake Vibrational Response of Turbo-Machines....Pages 311-323 A first Symposium on Dynamics of Multibody Systems was held August 29 September 3, 1977, under the chairmanship of - Prof. Dr. K. Magnus in Munich, FRG. Since that -time considerable progress has been made in the dynamics of multibody systems, a discipline renderin~ essential services to the fields of robotics, biomechanics, spacecraft control, road and rail vehicle design, and dynamics of machinery. Therefore, the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) has initiated and sponsored, in cooperation with the International 'c Federation for Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM), a Symposium on Dynamics of Multibody Systems, held at the International Centre of Mechanical Sciences (CISM) in Udine, Italy, ~eptember 16-20, 1985. The aims of the symposium were to generate knowledge, to stimulate research, to disseminate new ideas, and to acquaint the scientific community in general with the work currently in progress in the area of multibody dynamics. A Scientific Committee has been appointed consisting of G. Bianch~ (Co-Chairman), Italy; T.R. Kane, USA; R. Kawai, Japan; D.M. Klimov, USSR; K. Magnus, FRG; F. Niordson, Denmark; A.D. de Pater, The Netherlands; B. Roth, U~A; W. Schiehlen (Co-Chairman), FRG; J. Wittenburg, FRG