I am an assistant professor in applied mechanics at Delft University of Technology at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. I am interested in Dynamics of Mechanical Systems, the so-called Multibody Dynamics. In particular the treatment of contact phenomena like in collisions and rolling (non-holonomic constraints) have my special interest. I also know more or less about dynamics of flexible multibody system, finite element method, legged locomotion, and bicycle dynamics. My degrees are from Engineering at Dordrecht (BSc 79) and Engineering at Delft (MSc 83, PhD 02).

Research
Bicycle dynamics
Multibody Dynamics Software, SPACAR
Mechanics Colloquium

Publications
Papers, Lecture Notes, etc.
Talks

Courses etc.
MSc project proposals
wb1443 (fall 2009) MATLAB in Engineering Mechanics
wb1310 (spring 2009) Multibody Dynamics A
wb1413 (spring 2009) Multibody Dynamics B
TAM 674 (spring 2003) Applied Multibody Dynamics

Other
- Joost J. Kalker (1933-2006): a life in rolling contact. Paper and presentation. See also TWI website.
- Kalker, J. J. (1967). On the rolling contact of two elastic bodies in the presence of dry friction. PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, reprint pdf(4,91MB)
- CADOM, TUDelft software for Synthesis and Analysis of Mechanism.