Introduction

Abstract

The Computer-Aided analyses of Multibody Mechanical Systems emerged as an important scientific tool in the Applied Mechanics field. This is possible due to improvements of the computer technology at the level of both hardware and software. Before the advent of computer-aided tools, the design of machines and their components was based on trial and error and graphical methods. In the last four decades, a great number of the methods and techniques has been proposed to analyze the dynamic behavior of systems consisting of multiple bodies. There is a great need to utilize those methods to produce cost effective components and machines with high reliability and durability.