A first Symposium on Dynamics of Multibody Systems was held August 29 September 3, 1977 , under the chairmanship of - Prof. Dr. K. Magnus in Munich, FRG. Since that -time considerable progress has been made in the dynamics of multibody systems, a discipline renderin~ essential services to the fields of robotics, biomechanics, spacecraft control, road and rail vehicle design, and dynamics of machinery. Therefore, the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) has initiated and sponsored, in cooperation with the International 'c Federation for Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM), a Symposium on Dynamics of Multibody Systems, held at the International Centre of Mechanical Sciences (CISM) in Udine, Italy, ~eptember 16-20, 1985. The aims of the symposium were to generate knowledge, to stimulate research, to disseminate new ideas, and to acquaint the scientific community in general with the work currently in progress in the area of multibody dynamics. A Scientific Committee has been appointed consisting of G. Bianch~ (Co-Chairman), Italy; T.R. Kane, USA; R. Kawai, Japan; D.M. Klimov, USSR; K. Magnus, FRG; F. Niordson, Denmark; A.D. de Pater, The Netherlands; B. Roth, U~A; W. Schiehlen (Co-Chairman), FRG; J. Wittenburg, FRG.

Inhalt
Dynamics for Flexible Systems.- Stability of Several Degrees of Freedom Moving Subsystem Interacting with Waves of Continuous Media.- Canonical Approach to Multibody Systems Using Redundant Coordinates.- Dynamic Effects of Active Elements in Manipulators and their Influence upon the Controlling Drives.- Dynamcis of Flexible Machines: A Variational Approach.- Useful Procedures in Multibody Dynamics.- On Steady-State Motions of an Axisymmetric Rigid Body on a String Suspension.- Startup Torsional Vibration of Rotating Machine Driven by Synchronous Motor.- Dynamics of Active Mechanisms with Flexible Links.- Dynamics of Gyroscopic Systems for Indicating the Vertical on Ships.- Dynamics of Elastic Multibody Systems Involving Closed Loops.- Dynamics of Chains of Rigid Bodies and Elastic Rods with Revolute and Prismatic Joints.- Symbolic Generation of Efficient Simulation/Control Routines for Multibody Systems.- Identification of Models for Dynamic Systems.- Modelling Optimal Prescribed Manipulator Trajectories.- Analysis of Nonlinear Stochastic Multibody Systems.- A Near Minimum Iterative Analytical Procedure For Obtaining a Robot-Manipulator Dynamic Model.- Global Treatment of Energy Dissipation Effects for Multibody Satellites.- Equilibria and Stability of Satellite Gyrostats: A Comprehensive Review.- Multibody Formalism Applied to Non-Conventional Railway Systems.- Strength Estimations in Multibody Systems.- A Perspective on Computer-Oriented Multibody Dynamical Formalisms and their Implementations.- Interactive Design for Flexible Multibody Control.- Dynamics of a High-Speed Rotor Touching a Boundary.- Computer Analysis of Multibody Systems with Natural Coordinates.- Earthquake Vibrational Response of Turbo-Machines.