1. Editorial

   • Jorge Ambrosio
   • Werner Schiehlen

   EditorialNotes 30 May 2007 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Research trends in multibody system dynamics

   • W. Schiehlen

   OriginalPaper 31 May 2007 Pages: 3 - 13

3. Twenty-five years of natural coordinates

   • Javier García de Jalón

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2007 Pages: 15 - 33

4. Developments of multibody system dynamics: computer simulations and experiments

   • Wan-Suk Yoo
   • Kee-Nam Kim
   • Jeong-Hyun Sohn

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2007 Pages: 35 - 58

5. Interoperability and neutral data formats in multibody system simulation

   • M. González
   • F. González
   • J. Cuadrado

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2007 Pages: 59 - 72

6. Multibody simulation tool for the calculation of lashing loads on RoRo ships

   • Edwin Kreuzer
   • Volker Schlegel
   • Florian Stache

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2007 Pages: 73 - 80

7. Applications of the discrete element method in mechanical engineering

   • Florian Fleissner
   • Timo Gaugele
   • Peter Eberhard

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2007 Pages: 81 - 94

8. Stability evaluation and system identification of flexible multibody systems

   • Olivier A. Bauchau
   • Jielong Wang

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2007 Pages: 95 - 106

9. Initial condition correction in multibody dynamics

   • Parviz E. Nikravesh

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2007 Pages: 107 - 115