Doria A., Boschetti G., Massaro M. (eds.) Advances in Mechanical Systems Dynamics

MDPI, 2020. — 238 p.Nowadays, mechanical systems are increasingly integrated with electronic, electrical, and fluidic systems. This trend is present not only in the industrial environment, which will be characterized soon by the cyber-physical systems of industry 4.0, but also in other environments like automotive technology, rehabilitation and bio-engineering, smart materials and domotics. In this context, purely mechanical systems with quasi-static behavior will become less common and the state-of-the-art will be represented soon by integrated mechanical systems, which need accurate dynamic models to predict their behavior. Therefore, mechanical systems dynamics is going to play an increasingly central role. Significant research efforts are needed to improve the identification of the mechanical properties of the systems, to develop models taking into account non-linearity and to develop efficient simulation tools. This Special Issue aims at disseminating the latest research achievements, findings, and ideas in mechanical systems dynamics, with particular emphasis on applications that are strongly integrated with other systems and require a multi-physical approach.
Papers are welcome on topics that are related to the theory, practice, and applications of mechanical systems dynamics, including but not limited to the following:
The identification and dynamics of multi-body systems;
The dynamics of automatic machinery;
Dynamics stability and control of vehicles;
The dynamics of connected and autonomous vehicles;
The dynamics and control of robots;
Innovative robots;
Medical robotics (surgery, rehabilitation);
The dynamics of multi-physics systems for energy harvesting.