1. Editorial

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 117 - 119

2. An Implicit Runge–Kutta Method for Integration of Differential Algebraic Equations of Multibody Dynamics

   • Dan Negrut
   • Edward J. Haug
   • Horatiu C. German

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 142

3. Parallel Evolutionary Optimization of Multibody Systems with Application to Railway Dynamics

   • Peter Eberhard
   • Florian Dignath
   • Lars Kübler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 164

4. A Linear Approach for Experimental Dynamic Parameter Estimation of Planar Mechanisms

   • Kaiyu Chen
   • David G. Beale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 184

5. Improved `Order-N' Performance Algorithm for the Simulation of Constrained Multi-Rigid-Body Dynamic Systems

   • K.S. Anderson
   • J.H. Critchley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 212