The Journal of Multi-body Dynamics is an international multi-disciplinary forum publishing peer reviewed research covering all aspects of system dynamics, comprising an assembly of parts or a cluster of material points. This constitutes the physics of motion, covering interactions of all material points from scale of minutiae such as small particles to the very large bodies. The emphasis in the Journal is put upon the analysis of mechanical multi-body systems, but not exclusively. In the case of mechanical systems, all forms of vehicles, machines and mechanisms constitute an assembly of parts that affect the dynamic behaviour of the system as a whole. The multi-physics nature of dynamic analysis often includes interactions of various phenomena, such as large rigid body motions, flexible body oscillations, friction induced stick-slip perturbations, fluid-structure interactions and lubricated contact dynamics. These interactions are described by various force laws, some well understood, but others particularly in the very small physical scale are subject to ongoing research. All contributions, applied or at the frontiers of science of interacting matter are welcome.The contributions to the Journal should reflect a fundamental approach to the analysis of dynamic systems. Those related to practical engineering multi-body dynamic problems should have a holistic system dynamics approach. Those on design, analysis and experimentation should highlight the interactions between various system components. New techniques of analysis are welcome, as well as practical applications of problem solving methods to industrial systems and products.There have been a wide variety of published papers in the Journal, dealing with dynamics from nano- and micro-scales to those extending to astronomical distances, from Newtonian mechanics to special and general relativity. Within this broad spectrum there has been a large volume of work in the application of dynamics analysis to mechanical multi-body systems.Typical topics covered include:Fundamentals of dynamics analysis, from Newtonian mechanics to Lagrangian dynamics and onto relativistic mechanics, as well as many-body systemsKinetic interactions from Newtonian perspective to the minutiae; in micro and nano-scalesDynamics of vehicles in all forms from automobiles to spacecraftsBearings, rotors and powertrain systemsNoise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH)Elastodynamics of all forms of structures and mechanismsKinematics, dynamics and synthesis of all kinds of machines and mechanismsTribodynamics of all types of bearings, transmission systems and powertrains .

《多體動力學雜志》是一個國際性的多學科論壇，出版了涵蓋系統動力學各個方面的同行評審研究，包括部件組裝或材料點集群。這構成了運動物理學，涵蓋了所有物質點之間的相互作用，從微小的粒子到非常大的物體。本雜志的重點是對機械多體系統的分析，但并非僅限于此。就機械系統而言，所有形式的車輛、機器和機械構成一個零件總成，影響整個系統的動態行為。動力學分析的多物理性質通常包括各種現象的相互作用，如大的剛體運動、柔性體振蕩、摩擦引起的粘滑擾動、流體-結構相互作用和潤滑接觸動力學。這些相互作用用各種力定律來描述，有些很好地理解，但其他的，特別是在非常小的物理尺度上，則要接受正在進行的研究。歡迎在相互作用物質科學領域做出的所有貢獻。對該期刊的貢獻應反映動態系統分析的基本方法。對于實際工程多體動力學問題，應采用整體系統動力學方法。那些關于設計、分析和實驗的應該強調不同系統組件之間的交互。歡迎使用新的分析技術，以及問題解決方法在工業系統和產品中的實際應用。雜志上發表了各種各樣的論文，涉及從納米和微尺度到天文距離的動力學，從牛頓力學到狹義和廣義相對論。在這一寬廣的范圍內，動力學分析在機械多體系統中的應用已經有了大量的工作。所涉及的典型主題包括：動力學分析基礎，從牛頓力學到拉格朗日動力學，再到相對論力學，以及許多身體系統從牛頓的角度看微觀和納米尺度的動力學相互作用從汽車到航天器的各種形式的車輛動力學軸承、轉子和動力傳動系統噪聲、振動和粗糙度（NVH）各種結構和機構的彈性動力學各種機械和機構的運動學、動力學和綜合各種軸承、傳動系統和動力傳動系的摩擦動力學。