1. Preface

   • Jorge A. C. Ambrósio

   EditorialNotes 06 December 2007 Pages: 1 - 1

2. On the optimal scaling of index three DAEs in multibody dynamics

   • Carlo L. Bottasso
   • Daniel Dopico
   • Lorenzo Trainelli

   OriginalPaper 20 June 2007 Pages: 3 - 20

3. Multiple constrained rivaling actuators in the optimal control of miniaturized manipulators

   • Gerhard F. Schanzer
   • Rainer Callies

   OriginalPaper 17 August 2007 Pages: 21 - 43

4. The discrete null space method for the energy-consistent integration of constrained mechanical systems. Part III: Flexible multibody dynamics

   • Sigrid Leyendecker
   • Peter Betsch
   • Paul Steinmann

   OriginalPaper 06 June 2007 Pages: 45 - 72

5. Design of characteristics of air-pressure-controlled hydraulic shock absorbers in an intercity bus

   • Pavel Polach
   • Michal Hajžman

   OriginalPaper 07 June 2007 Pages: 73 - 90

6. Application of a wheel–rail contact model to railway dynamics in small radius curved tracks

   • João C. Pombo
   • Jorge A. C. Ambrósio

   OriginalPaper 20 September 2007 Pages: 91 - 114

7. Experimental validation of a model of an uncontrolled bicycle

   • J. D. G. Kooijman
   • A. L. Schwab
   • J. P. Meijaard

   OriginalPaper Open access 05 May 2007 Pages: 115 - 132

8. Development of generic multibody road vehicle models for crashworthiness

   • Luís Sousa
   • Paulo Veríssimo
   • Jorge Ambrósio

   OriginalPaper 20 September 2007 Pages: 133 - 158

9. Robot path planning in a constrained workspace by using optimal control techniques

   • Rogério R. dos Santos
   • Valder Steffen Jr.
   • Sezimária de F. P. Saramago

   OriginalPaper 07 June 2007 Pages: 159 - 177