In the present work, an introduction to the contact phenomena in multibody systems is made.
The different existing approaches are described, together with their most distinctive features …

This article reviews approaches to mathematical modeling of a vehicle crash. The growing
focus on vehicle and occupant safety in car crashes has triggered the need to study vehicle …

The crashworthiness design of automotive structure is crucial to ensure the safety of
passengers. Lumped parameter models, multi-body models, plastic frame models and …

The aim of this work is to develop a dynamic model for the biological human knee joint. The
model is formulated in the framework of multibody systems methodologies, as a system of …

In the present work, different algorithms for contact detection in multibody systems based on
smooth contact modelling approaches are presented. Beginning with the simplest ones …

The design of components, or particular safety devices, for road vehicles often requires that
many analyses are performed to appraise different solutions. Multibody approaches for …

Understanding the impact severity of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) collisions with the
human body remains a challenge and is essential to the development of safe UAS …

The aim of this work is to present a systematic approach to the improvement in the passive
safety in railway interiors. During the primary collision, the vehicle is subjected to an abrupt …

The presented thesis develops in a first part a preliminary crash design tool for transport
aircraft fuselage structures considering a standard section. A modelling approach is …

This work proposes an optimization methodology for the identification of realistic multibody
vehicle models, based on the plastic hinge approach, for crash analysis. The identification of …