Proceedings of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers & Information in Engineering Conference: DETC2007, Volume 5, Parts A-C Book

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada. Printed collection of 221 full-length, peer-reviewed technical papers from the 6th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control. Topics include: Part-A Aerospace Applications; Algorithms and Integration Methods; Analysis and Applications of Discontinuous Dynamical Systems; Classic and Fractional Dynamics on Continuous and Discontinuous Vector Fields; Contact Dynamics; Design Optimization of Mechanical Systems; Differential-Geometric Methods in Multibody Dynamics, Non-Linear Dynamics and Control; Dynamics and Control of Time-Delay Systems. Part B-Dynamics and Control of Time-Varying Dynamic Systems and Structures; Experiments with Nonlinear Dynamics Systems; Flexible Multibody Dynamics; Fractional Derivatives and Their Applications. Part C-Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Methods and Applications; Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Bioassistive Devices; Nonlinear Resonances, Phenomena, and Interactions; Railroad Vehicle System Dynamics; Robot Systems; Vehicle Systems and Tire Dynamics.