Multibody System Dynamics - Call for Papers: Special Issue on Numerical Modelling of Highly Flexible Structures
Guest Editors: Martin Arnold, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Johannes Gerstmayr, University of Innsbruck, Austria Gordan Jelenić, University of Rijeka, Croatia José Escalona, University of Seville, Spain
Description This collection aims to gather the most recent works in the areas of mechanical modelling, mathematical formulations, and numerical methods for highly flexible slender structures.
The topics of interest involve advanced concepts in experimental and theoretical structural mechanics, contact problems and non-smooth dynamics, computational geometry, discretisation methods and geometric numerical integration including the newest advances in numerical formulations on non-linear manifolds.
This collection is intended to be a reference for the generation of virtual prototyping tools for products in which highly flexible structures play a key role in the functional performance of the system.
Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work, relevant to one of the topics of the Special Issue. All papers will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, significance of contribution, technical quality, scholarship, and quality of presentation by at least two reviewers. It is the policy of the journal that no submission, or substantially overlapping submission, be published or be under review at another journal or conference at any time during the review process. Final decisions on all papers are made by the Editors-in-Chief.
Accepted papers are published Online First until the complete Special Issue is published.
Please note that submission is for invited papers only.
Guest Editor Biographies Martin Arnold: Education: Diploma and Ph.D. in Mathematics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) in Mathematics at the University of Rostock (Germany). Positions: Group leader Computational Methods at DLR German Aerospace Center and external lecturer (Privatdozent) at Munich University of Technology (Germany), 2000 – 2002, Professor of Numerical Mathematics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), 2003 –. Journals: Member of Editorial Board of GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics, 2017 – 2020, Member of Advisory Board of Multibody System Dynamics, 2007 –. Scientific Committees: Local organiser and Member of the Scientific Committee of the NUMDIFF – Numerical methods for differential equations conference series, 2006 –. Projects: Principal Investigator of 6 and coordinator of 1 nationally funded scientific project. Principal investigator and coordinator of the Horizon 2020 ETN European project THREAD (https://thread-etn.eu/). Principal investigator of 4 industry transfer projects. Publications: 47 papers published in scientific journals, Co-editor of 1 book and 8 special issues of international scientific journals. Supervision: director of 8 PhD theses. Other professional activities: Scientific consultant of Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern (Germany).
Johannes Gerstmayr: Education: Mechatronic Engineer at Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria). PhD in Engineering Sciences, Johannes Kepler University Linz. Visiting Researcher, University of Illinois at Chicago, Inst. Superior Technico, Lisbon, Univ. Duisburg-Essen. Habilitation in Technical Mechanics, Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is a key researcher in the Linz Center of Mechatronics, project leader of several ACCM (K2 Austrian Center of Competence in Mechatronics) projects. Since 2014: Full Prof. at Department of Mechatronics, University of Innsbruck. 55 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and 6 patents.
Gordan Jelenić: Education: Bachelor in Civil Engineering from the University of Rijeka (Croatia), M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Engineering from University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Positions: Professor of Engineering Mechanics (tenured since 2018), Vice-rector for Science and Arts since 2021; University of Rijeka (Croatia). Journals: Associate Editor of Engineering Review, 2011–2014, Associate Board Member of European Journal of Computational Mechanics/Revue Européenne de Mécanique Numérique, 2013-, Editorial Advisory Board Member of Journal of Structural Mechanics/Rakenteiden mekaniikka, 2014-. Scientific Committees: Co-chairman of the 8th International Congress of Croatian Society of Mechanics, 2015. Projects: Principal Investigator of five nationally funded scientific projects in Great Britain and Croatia and one H2020-Horizon ETN European project. Publications: 47 papers published in scientific journals. Supervision: director of nine PhD theses.
José Escalona: Education: Industrial Engineer at U. of Seville (Spain). PhD in Industrial Engineering at U. of Seville. Positions: Professor of Mechanical Engineering at U. of Seville, 2016 -, and Associate Professor at Aarhus University, 2017 -, (Denmark). Scholarships: Fulbright Research Scholarship at U. of Illinois at Chicago, 2001 – 2002, Visiting Professor at Lappeenranta U. of Technology, 2016. Journals: Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2011 – 2017, 2021 -, Member of Scientific Board of Multibody System Dynamics. Scientific Committees: Member of the ASME Technical Committee of Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2016 -, Secretary of the IFToMM Technical Committee for Multibody Dynamics, 2014 -. Projects: Principal Investigator of 9 nationally funded scientific projects and 1 H2020-Horizon ETN European project. Principal investigator of 7 industry transfer projects. Publications: 58 papers published in scientific journals. Supervision: director of 6 PhD theses. Other professional activities: founding member of the company Virtualmech, S.L. (www.virtualmech.com)
