This special issue of Mechanical Sciences is intended to provide a panoramic overview of recent advances and current trends in MBS dynamics. Contributions are solicited in all areas relevant to this topic including
- MBS algorithms and modeling approaches
- Flexible MBS, structure dynamics
- Contact mechanics
- Multi-disciplinary simulation
- Low-Order Algorithms, Real-Time Methods
- Visualization, Virtual Reality, Post Processing
- Parallel computing, GPU and stream computing
- Model reduction methods
- Integration schemes for MBS, constraint reinforcement strategies
- Optimization, optimal control
- Nonlinear control, embedded Models
- Applications: robotics, manipulation and machine tool, automotive engineering, aerospace systems, legged and humanoid systems, locomotion, biomechanics