1. Introduction

   • Adnan Ibrahimbegovic
   • Werner Schiehlen

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 241 - 241

2. Limit Cycle Behaviour and Chaotic Motions of Two-Axle Freight Wagons with Friction Damping

   • Sebastian Stichel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 255

3. Optimal Motion Synthesis – Dynamic Modelling and Numerical Solving Aspects

   • Guy Bessonnet
   • Philippe Sardain
   • Stéphane Chessé

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 278

4. Mooring Systems – A Multibody Dynamic Approach

   • E. Kreuzer
   • U. Wilke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 296

5. Local Analysis of Singular Configurations of Open and Closed Loop Manipulators

   • A. Müller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 326

6. Automatic h-Scaling for the Efficient Time Integration of Stiff Mechanical Systems

   • M. Schaub
   • B. Simeon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 343

7. Penalty Approximation for Dynamical Systems Submitted to Multiple Non-Smooth Constraints

   • Laetitia Paoli
   • Michelle Schatzman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 364

8. A DAE Approach to Flexible Multibody Dynamics

   • P. Betsch
   • P. Steinmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 389