Journal Papers:

Kooijman, J. D. G., Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (2008). ``Experimental validation of a model of an uncontrolled bicycle,'' Multibody System Dynamics 19(1-2):115-132. pdf(588k)

Schwab, A. L. and Meijaard, J. P. (2008) ``De StabieleFiets,'' Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde 74(1):24-27. pdf(440k)

J. P. Meijaard, Jim M. Papadopoulos, Andy Ruina, A. L. Schwab, 2007 ``Linearized dynamics equations for the balance and steer of a bicycle: a benchmark and review,'' Proceedings of the Royal Society A 463:1955-1982. doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.1857,  or preprint+ESM pdf(578k).

Wisse, M., Hobbelen, D. G. E., and Schwab, A. L., (2007). ``Adding an upper body to passive dynamic walking robots by means of a bisecting hip mechanism''. IEEE Transactions on Robotics 23(1):112-123. pdf(2,949k)

Wisse, M., and Schwab, A. L. (2005). ``Skateboards, bicycles, and three-dimensional biped walking machines: Velocity-dependent stability by means of lean-to-yaw coupling'', Int. J. Robotics Research 24(6):417-429. pdf(321k)

Wisse, M., Schwab, A. L., Van der Linde, R. Q., and Van der Helm, F. C. T. (2005). ``How to Keep From Falling Forward: Elementary Swing Leg Action for Passive Dynamic Walkers''. IEEE Transactions on Robotics 21(3):393-401. pdf(793k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P., and J. M. Papadopoulos (2005). ``Benchmark Results on the Linearized Equations of Motion of an Uncontrolled Bicycle''. KSME International Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 19(1):292-304. pdf(240k)

Wisse, M., Schwab, A. L.,  and Van der Helm, F. C. T.  (2004). ``Passive dynamic walking model with upper body''. Robotica 22:681–688. pdf(162k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (2003). ``Dynamics of Flexible Multibody Systems with Non-Holonomic Constraints: A Finite Element Approach''. Multibody System Dynamics, 10:107-123. pdf(143k)

Schwab, A. L., Meijaard, J. P., and Meijers. P. (2002). ``A comparison of revolute joint clearance models in the
dynamic analysis of rigid and elastic mechanical systems''. Mechanism and Machine Theory 37: 895-913. pdf(545k)

Wisse, M., Schwab, A.L., and Van der Linde, R. Q. (2001). ``A 3D passive dynamic biped with yaw and roll compensation,'' Robotica, 19:275-284. pdf(306k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (1999). ``Dynamics of flexible multibody systems having rolling contact: Application of the wheel element to the dynamics of road vehicles,'' Vehicle System Dynamics Supplement, 33:338-349.

Segla, S., Kalker-Kalkman, C. M., and Schwab, A. L. (1998).``Statical balancing of a robot mechanism with the aid of a genetic algoritm,'' Mechanism and Machine Theory 33:163-174. pdf(639k)

Schwab, A. L., and Werff, K. van der (1993). ``The use of computers in the design of discrete component systems,'' Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 103:231–246.

Soest, A. J. van, Schwab, A. L., Bobbert, M. F., and Ingen Schenau, G. J. van (1993). ``The influence of the biarticularity of the gastrocnemius muscle on vertical-jumping achievement,'' Journal of Biomechanics, 26:1–8.

Soest, A. J. van, Schwab, A. L., Bobbert, M. F., and Ingen Schenau, G. J. van (1992). ``SPACAR: a software subroutine package for simulation of the behaviour of biomechanical systems,'' Journal of Biomechanics, 25:1219–1226.

Conference Papers:

Kooijman, J. D. G. and Schwab, A. L. (2008) "Some Observations on Human Control of a Bicycle,'', In Proceedings of the 11th mini Conference on Vehicle System Dynamics, Identification and Anomalies (VSDIA2008), June 25-July 2, 2008, Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, University of Technology and Economics, 2008, 8pp. pdf(276k)

Schwab, A. L., Kooijman, J. D. G., and Meijaard, J. P. (2008) "Some recent developments in bicycle dynamics and control,'' In Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Structural Control (4ECSC), Sep. 8-12, 2008, StPetersburg, Russia, Institute of Problems in Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2008, pp.695-702. pdf(232k)

Kragten, G. A., Herder, J. L., and Schwab, A. L. (2008) ``On the influence of contact geometry on grasp stability,'' In Proceedings of the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2008, August 3-6, 2008, New York City, NY, USA, CD-ROM, ASME, 6 pp., paper nr. DETC2008-49400. pdf(86k)

Schwab, A. L., Gerstmayr, J., and Meijaard, J. P. (2007). ``Comparison of three-dimensional flexible thin plate elements for multibody dynamic analysis: finite element formulation and absolute nodal coordinate formulation,'' In Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2007, September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, 12pp. pdf(321k)

Schwab, A. L., Kalker-Kalkman, C. M. (2007). ``Joost J. Kalker (1933–2006): A life in rolling contact,'' In Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2007, September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, 3pp. pdf(150k)

Schwab, A. L., Meijaard, J. P., Kooijman, J. D. G. (2007) ``Some recent developments in bicycle dynamics,'' In Proceedings of the 12th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, IFToMM 2007, June 17-21, 2007, Besancon, France, CD-ROM, 6 pp. pdf(251k)

Schwab, A. L., Meijaard, J. P. and Kooijman, J. D. G.  (2006). ``Experimental validation of a model of an uncontrolled bicycle,'' In Proceedings of III European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, June 5-9, 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, CD-ROM, 16pp. pdf(555k)

Meijaard, J. P. and Schwab, A. L. (2006). ``Linearized equations for an extended bicycle model,'' In Proceedings of III European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, June 5-9, 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, CD-ROM, 18pp. pdf(125k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (2006). ``How to draw Euler angles and utilize Euler parameters,'' In Proceedings of IDETC/CIE 2006, ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 10-13, 2006, Philadelphia, PA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, 7pp. pdf(122k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (2005). ``Comparison of three-dimensional flexible beam elements for dynamic analysis: finite element method and absolute nodal coordinate formulation,'' In Proceedings of IDETC/CIE 2005, ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 24-28, 2005, Long Beach, CA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, 9pp. pdf(91k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P., and J. M. Papadopoulos (2005). ``A Multibody Dynamics Benchmark on the Equations of Motion of an Uncontrolled Bicycle''. Proceedings of the Fifth EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, ENOC-2005, August 7-12, 2005, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, 511-521. pdf(603k)

Herder, J. L., and Schwab, A. L. (2004). ``On Dynamically Equivalent Force Systems and their Application to the Balancing of a Broom or the Stability of a Shoe Box,'' In Proceedings of DETC'04 ASME 2004 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 28-October 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, 11pp. pdf(422k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P., and J. M. Papadopoulos (2004). ``Benchmark Results on the Linearized Equations of Motion of an Uncontrolled Bicycle''. Proceedings of the Second Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics, ACMD'04, August 1-4, 2004, Seoul, Korea, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering, 9 pp., PREPRINT pdf(124k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (2002). ``Two Special Finite Elements for Modelling Rolling Contact in a Multibody Environment''. In Nobuyuki Shimizu et al. editor, Proceedings of the First Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics, ACMD'02, July 31 -- August 2, 2002, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, pp. 386-391. pdf(164k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (2002). ``Small Vibrations Superimposed on a Prescribed Rigid Body Motion Multibody System Dynamics''. Multibody System Dynamics 8:29-50. pdf(169k)

Schwab, A. L. (2002). Dynamics of Flexible Multibody Systems. PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology. x+155 pp. pdf(1,197k)

Schwab, A. L., and Wisse, M. (2001). ``Basin of attraction of the simplest walking model,'' In Proceedings of ASME Design EngineeringTechnical Conferences, September 9-12, 2001, Pittsburgh, PA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, 9pp. pdf(439k)

Meijaard, J. P., and Schwab, A. L. (2001). ``A component mode synthesis look at planar beam elements,'' In Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 9-12, 2001, Pittsburgh, PA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York, 2001, 10pp. pdf(254k)

Meijaard, J. P.,  Ockels, W. J.,  and Schwab, A. L. (1999). 'Modelling of the dynamic behaviour of a laddermill, a novel concept to exploit wind energy'. In Proceedings Third International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Trondheim (Norway), 16-18 August 1999, A.I.M., Liege, pp.229-234. pdf(203k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (1999). ``The belt, gear, bearing and hinge as special finite elements for kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms and machines,'' In Leinonen, T. (ed.), Proceedings of the Tenth World Congress on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, IFToMM, June 20-24, 1999, Oulu, Finland, Oulu University Press, Vol 4, pp. 1674-1679.

Meijaard, J. P., and Schwab, A. L. (1999).``A systematic approach to the analysis of rotor dynamic systems,'' In Leinonen, T. (ed.), Proceedings of the Tenth World Congress on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, IFToMM, June 20--24, 1999, Oulu, Finland, Oulu University Press, Vol 4, pp. 1375--1386.

Schwab, A. L., Meijaard, J. P., and Meijers P. (1998). ``Dynamics of flexible multibody sytems with joint clearance,'' In Ghosh, A., Sinha, P. K., Dasgupta, G., and Kundu, S. (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on
Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, December 1--5 1998, Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 12 pp.

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (1997). ``Small vibrations superimposed on non-linear rigid body motion,'' Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 14-17, 1997, Sacramento, CA, CD-ROM, ASME, New York,  7pp.

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (1996). ``Multibody systems and small vibrations,'' In Geril, P., Javor, A., Lehmann, A., and Molnar, I. (eds), Modelling and Simulation 1996, ESM'96. Society for Computer Simulation, Gent, pp. 958-962.
 

Manuals, Lecture Notes, Reports, etc.:

Schwab, A. L. (2002). Quaternions, Finite Rotation and Euler Parameters.  pdf(88k) (this is Appendix B from my PhD thesis (2002), you may also like to read my 2006 paper on Euler angles and Quaternions)

van der Linde, R. Q., and Schwab, A. L. (2002). Lecture Notes Multibody Dynamics B, wb1413, course 1997/1998. Laboratory for Engineering Mechanics, Delft University of Technology pdf(292k)

Schwab, A. L., and Meijaard, J. P. (2000). Manual SPACAR95. Laboratory for Engineering Mechanics, Delft University of Technology pdf(109k)

Besseling, J. F., Jonker, J. B., and Schwab, A. L. (1985). ``Kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms’, Delft Progress Report 10:160–172.

Schwab, A. L. (1985). ``The wheel in 3D and other special finite elements for kinematic and dynamic analyses of multy body systems'', Report LTM 820, Laboratory for Engineering Mechanics, Delft University of Technology, ? pp.