Arend Schwab

Arend L. Schwab

contact

email: arendschwab@gmail.com / a.l.schwab@tudelft.nl / arend.schwab@lut.fi
phone: +31 6 2852 7539
zoom: https://tudelft.zoom.us/my/arendschwab
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/arendschwab

about

Google Scholar: Arend L. Schwab
Scopus: Schwab, A.L.
ORCID: 7101877294

I’m in theoretical and applied mechanics and I have been teaching mechanics and multibody dynamics. 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, speed skating and bicycle dynamics and control. My degrees are from Engineering at Dordrecht (BSc 1979) and Engineering at Delft (MSc 1983, PhD 2002).

During my sabbatical year in 2002/2003 at Cornell University with Andy Ruina, I got interested in bicycle dynamics and control. Back in Delft I started a lab for bicycle dynamics and control. Since my offical retirment in 2021 from TUDelft I have been apointed visiting professor (part-time) at Lappeenranta University of Technolgy, Finland, working with Aki Mikkola.

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selected publications

Linearized dynamics equations for the balance and steer of a bicycle: a benchmark and review

Jaap P Meijaard, Jim M Papadopoulos, Andy Ruina, and Arend L Schwab

Proceedings of the Royal society A: mathematical, physical and engineering sciences, 2007

Bib PDF Website

@article{meijaard2007linearized,
  author = {Meijaard, Jaap P and Papadopoulos, Jim M and Ruina, Andy and Schwab, Arend L},
  date-modified = {2025-03-24 10:25:40 +0200},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal society A: mathematical, physical and engineering sciences},
  number = {2084},
  pages = {1955--1982},
  publisher = {The Royal Society London},
  title = {Linearized dynamics equations for the balance and steer of a bicycle: a benchmark and review},
  volume = {463},
  year = {2007}
}

A bicycle can be self-stable without gyroscopic or caster effects

Jodi D G Kooijman, Jaap P Meijaard, Jim M Papadopoulos, Andy Ruina, and Arend L Schwab

science, 2011

Bib PDF

@article{kooijman2011bicycle,
  author = {Kooijman, Jodi D G and Meijaard, Jaap P and Papadopoulos, Jim M and Ruina, Andy and Schwab, Arend L},
  date-modified = {2025-03-24 10:30:17 +0200},
  journal = {science},
  number = {6027},
  pages = {339--342},
  publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
  title = {A bicycle can be self-stable without gyroscopic or caster effects},
  volume = {332},
  year = {2011}
}