1. Preface

   • Editorial Board

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 2

2. Road Vehicle Modeling Requirements for Optimization of Ride and Handling

   • João P. C. Gonçalves
   • Jorge A. C. Ambrósio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 23

3. On Equivalence Between Optimality Criteria and Projected Gradient Methods with Application to Topology Optimization Problem

   • Sergey Ananiev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 38

4. Multi-Criterion Optimization of a Pneumatic Vibroinsulation System

   • D. Bestle
   • A. Wachal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 52

5. Protective Structures with Waiting Links and Their Damage Evolution

   • Andrej Cherkaev
   • Liya Zhornitskaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 67

6. Contribution to the Optimization of Closed-Loop Multibody Systems: Application to Parallel Manipulators

   • J.-F. Collard
   • P. Fisette
   • P. Duysinx

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 84

7. Optimization of Mechatronic Systems Using the Software Package NEWOPT/AIMS

   • Florian Dignath
   • Christian Breuninger
   • Lars KÜbler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 100

8. Parameter Estimation for Biomechanical Models Based on a Special Form of Natural Coordinates

   • Christian Kraus
   • Hans-Georg Bock
   • Helmut Mutschler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 111

9. Simulation of Fluid Loaded Flexible Multibody Systems

   • Henrik MØller
   • Erik Lund
   • João GonÇalves

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 128

10. Energy-Optimal Design of Walking Machines

    • Werner Schiehlen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 141

11. Tractable Treatment of Design by Multiobjective Optimization – Parallel Kinematics Case Study

    • Michael Valasek
    • Zbynek Sika
    • Tomas Vampola

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 174