@BOOK\{IMM2010-05851, author = "H. True and P. G. Thomsen", title = "Non-smooth Problems in Vehicle Systems Dynamics, Proceedings of the Euromech 500 Colloquium", year = "2010", volume = "", number = "", series = "", publisher = "Springer", address = "Berlin, Wien, New York", edition = "", url = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/5851-full.html", abstract = "Table of Contents Chapter 1: Problems in Vehicle Dynamics Hans True: Typical Non-smooth Elements in Vehicle Systems. Oldrich Polach: Application of Nonlinear Stability Analysis in Railway Industry. Mehdi Ahmadian: Closed-form Analysis of Vehicle Suspension Ride and Handling Performance. Laura Mazzola: Limit Wheel Profile for Hunting Instability of Railway Vehicles. Stefano Alfi: Low-cost Maintenance Operation for avoiding Hunting in a Metro Vehicle. Michael Beitelschmidt: Acoustic Optimization of Wheelsets. Christoph Glocker: Measurement, Modelling and Simulation of Curve Squealing of Trains. Krzysztof Zboinski: Selected Problems of Non-linear (Non-smooth) Dynamics of Rail Vehicles in a Curved Track. G.P. Ostermeyer: On Tangential Friction induced Vibrations in Brake Systems. Anna Orlova: Dry Friction Element with Logical Switch for numerical Simulation of Vehicle Dynamics and its Application. Asier Alonso: Damper Modelling and its Implementation in Railway Simulation Programs. Fredrik Svahn: Suppression of Bumpstop Impacts in a Quarter-car Model. D\'{e}nes Tak\'{a}cs; Experimental Model Analysis of Towed Elastic Tyres during Rolling. Jaap P. Meijaard: Modelling and Simulation of Longitudinal Tyre Behaviour. Chapter 2: Dynamics of Non-smooth Problems Arne Nordmark and Piotr Kowalczyk: Bifurcations in Non-smooth models of Mechanical Systems. Iliya I. Blekhman: Vibrational Displacement determined by Constructive Asymmetry of the System. Jerzy Piotrowski: Smoothing Dry Friction by Medium Frequency Dither and its Influence on Ride Dynamics of Freight Wagons. Pascal Ziegler: Simulation of Gear Hammering using a Fully Elastic Model. Chapter 3: Numerical Analysis of Non-smooth Problems Per Grove Thomsen: Numerical Aspects of Discontinuous Dynamic Systems. Martin Arnold: Vehicle System Dynamics: Higher order Time Integration Methods in a constrained World with Discontinuities. Andreas Pfeiffer: Numerical Sensitivity Analysis of Discontinuous Multidisciplinary Models. Georg Rill: Smoothing the Discontiniuties in the Jacobian Matrix by Global Derivatives." }