Multibody System Dynamics

Multibody System Dynamics is a journal on the mechanics and computation of linked mechanical systems, published by Springer.《Multibody System Dynamics》是一份聚焦联结机械系统的力学与计算的期刊，由施普林格出版。

It was founded in 1997 and serves as the journal of the international association for the field.该刊创办于 1997 年，作为该领域国际学会的会刊。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of mechanics.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在力学类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal takes rigid and flexible multibody systems as its subject, and it weighs theory against computation.该刊以刚性多体系统与柔性多体系统为题材，兼顾理论与计算。

• Theoretical methods are treated, and the journal carries work on how the motion of a linked system is set out.理论方法得到处理，该刊刊载联结系统的运动如何被表述的工作。

• Computational methods are named, and the journal admits work on how such a system is solved on a machine.计算方法被点名，该刊收载这类系统如何在机器上求解的工作。

• New formulations are sought, and the journal takes work that sets out the equations of a system in a fresh way.新表述受到求取，该刊收载以新方式列出系统方程的工作。

• Solution algorithms are treated, and the journal carries work on how a set of equations is marched forward in time.求解算法得到处理，该刊刊载方程组如何随时间推进的工作。

• Computational efficiency is named, and the journal admits work on how a heavy calculation is made to run faster.计算效率被点名，该刊收载繁重计算如何被做得更快的工作。

• Application and validation are part of the remit, and the journal takes work that checks a model against a measurement.应用与验证属于收稿范围，该刊收载以测量检验模型的工作。

• Vehicle dynamics is named, and the journal carries work on how a road vehicle moves and how its parts interact.车辆动力学被点名，该刊刊载道路车辆如何运动、其部件如何相互作用的工作。

• Aerospace technology is treated, and the journal admits work on how a deployable structure behaves in flight.航空航天技术得到处理，该刊收载可展开结构在飞行中如何表现的工作。

• Robotics and mechatronics are named, and the journal carries work on how a machine with several links is made to move.机器人与机电一体化被点名，该刊刊载多连杆机械如何被使其运动的工作。

• Machine dynamics is part of the remit, and the journal takes work on how a mechanism transmits a force.机械动力学属于收稿范围，该刊收载机构如何传递力的工作。

• Crashworthiness is treated, and the journal admits work on how a structure absorbs an impact.耐撞性得到处理，该刊收载结构如何吸收冲击的工作。

• Biomechanics is named, and the journal carries work on how a body is modelled as a system of linked parts.生物力学被点名，该刊刊载身体如何被建模为联结部件系统的工作。

• Control and optimisation are treated, and the journal takes work on how a motion is steered toward a goal.控制与优化得到处理，该刊收载运动如何被导向目标的工作。

• Real time simulation is named, and the journal carries work on how a model is made to run at the pace of the machine it describes.实时仿真被点名，该刊刊载模型如何被做得与其所描述的机器同速运行的工作。

• Virtual reality and artificial intelligence are admitted, and the journal takes work that puts a multibody model into such a setting.虚拟现实与人工智能受到收载，该刊收载把多体模型置入此类情境的工作。

• Workspace and path planning are treated, and the journal admits work on how a machine is told where to reach.工作空间与路径规划得到处理，该刊收载机器如何被告知所向何处的工作。

• Reliability and durability are named, and the journal carries work on how a joint wears over a long run.可靠性与耐久性被点名，该刊刊载关节如何在长期运行中磨损的工作。

History

• The journal was founded in 1997, and its first volume carried four issues across that year.该刊创办于 1997 年，其首卷于当年载有四期。

• It was issued from the Netherlands by a house that later became part of the present publisher.该刊由荷兰的一家出版社发行，该社后来成为现出版方的一部分。

• It serves as the journal of an international association for the field, and the association names its editors.该刊作为该领域一个国际学会的会刊，编辑人选由该学会指定。

• The pair of numbers has stayed with the title, and the print and electronic editions share the same strings of digits.该对刊号一直伴随题名，印本与电子版共用同样的数字串。

• A quarter century of the journal was marked with a special issue, and the title noted the occasion in its pages.该刊的二十五载由一期专刊标记，该刊在其页面上记下了这一时刻。

• The number of issues grew over the years, and the journal now gathers twelve issues into a year across three volumes.期数经年增长，该刊如今每年把十二期分作三卷汇集。

• Articles are published online ahead of an issue, so that a paper may appear before the issue it is assigned to.论文先于某一期在线发表，因而一篇论文可以在其所归的某一期之前出现。

• The journal is hybrid, and an author may pay a charge to make a paper free to read or leave it behind a subscription.该刊为混合模式，作者可以缴费使论文免费阅读，也可以留其在订阅之后。

• The impact figure has held near three for several editions, standing at 2.6 for 2023 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子连续几版维持在 3 附近，2023 年为 2.6，2025 年版为 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the science citation index expanded, and it is carried in Scopus and in the usual engineering abstracting services.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版收录，并被 Scopus 与惯常的工程文摘服务收录。

• Special issues are assembled around a subject, and the journal gathers papers on such themes as co-simulation and flexible dynamics.该刊围绕某一题目编成专刊，汇集诸如联合仿真与柔性动力学一类主题的论文。

Editors

• Two editors-in-chief share the office, Jorge A.C. Ambrósio of the University of Lisbon in Portugal and Aki Mikkola of LUT University in Finland.两位主编分担此职，即葡萄牙里斯本大学的（Jorge A.C. Ambrósio）与芬兰拉彭兰塔-拉赫蒂理工大学的（Aki Mikkola）。

• One works on the dynamics of vehicles and machines, and the other on the simulation and design of flexible mechanisms.一位研究车辆与机械的动力学，另一位研究柔性机构的仿真与设计。

• An honorary editor is named in recognition of long service, and the journal also lists a body of contributing editors.该刊为表彰长期服务而列出一位荣誉编辑，并另列一组供稿编辑。

• Associate editors are drawn by subject and by region, and the journal names members from Europe, Asia, the Americas and beyond.副编辑按学科与地区遴选，该刊列出欧洲、亚洲、美洲及其他地区的成员。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• A paper is asked to show its model against a measurement or a benchmark, so that another group can test the claim.论文须以测量或基准来印证其模型，使另一团队可以检验该论断。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's system, and the journal takes enquiries before a paper is written.稿件通过出版方的系统投递，该刊接受在动笔之前发出的询问。

• The journal is read by engineers and by applied mathematicians, by roboticists and by biomechanists, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有工程师与应用数学家，也有机器人研究者与生物力学家，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a formulation toward a machine is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把表述带向实际机器的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since an algorithm that proved unstable is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为被证明不稳定的算法同样值得记录。

• Work on a constrained system appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how a joint is enforced in a model.受约束系统方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载约束如何在模型中被施加的论文。

• Work on contact and impact is treated, and the journal admits papers on how two bodies meet and part.接触与碰撞方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载两物体如何相遇又分离的论文。

• The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。

• Work on a flexible body is named, and the journal takes papers on how a component bends while it moves.柔性体方面的工作被点名，该刊收载部件在运动中如何弯曲的论文。

• Work on the parallel computation of a multibody model is treated, and the journal asks how the work is divided among machines.多体模型的并行计算得到处理，该刊追问计算如何在多台机器之间分派。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。

• A study that sets its result against a published example is favoured over one that stands alone.把结果对照某个已刊实例的研究，较之孤立自证者更受青睐。