Symbolic Modeling of Multibody Systems

I Theory.- 1 Fundamental Mechanics.- 2 Dynamics of rigid bodies.- 3 Tree-like multibody structures.- 4 Complex multibody structures.- 5 Symbolic generation.- II Special topics.- 6 Road vehicles: wheel/ground model.- 7 Railway vehicles: wheel/rail model.- 8 Mechanisms: cam/follower model.- 9 Multibody systems with flexible beams.- 10 Time integration of flexible MBS.- III Tutorial.- 11 Introduction.- 12 Problems.