Multibody Dynamics Computational Methods and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bottasso, Carlo L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences ; 12
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Numerical analysis.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Numerical Analysis.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

Multibody Dynamics is an area of Computational Mechanics which blends together various disciplines such as structural dynamics, multi-physics - chanics, computational mathematics, control theory and computer science, in order to deliver methods and tools for the virtual prototyping of complex mechan...

Table of Contents:

• Physiological Methods to Solve the Force-Sharing Problem in Biomechanics
• Multi-Step Forward Dynamic Gait Simulation
• A Fast NCP Solver for Large Rigid-Body Problems with Contacts, Friction, and Joints
• Solution Procedures for Maneuvering Multibody Dynamics Problems for Vehicle Models of Varying Complexity
• Synthesis and Optimization of Flexible Mechanisms
• The Reverse Method of Lines in Flexible Multibody Dynamics
• A Nonlinear Finite Element Framework for Flexible Multibody Dynamics: Rotationless Formulation and Energy-Momentum Conserving Discretization
• A Second Order Extension of the Generalized–? Method for Constrained Systems in Mechanics
• Kinematical Optimization of Closed-Loop Multibody Systems
• A Comparison of Three Different Linear Order Multibody Dynamics Algorithms in Limited Parallel Computing Environments
• Linear Dual Algebra Algorithms and their Application to Kinematics
• A Memory Based Communication in the Co-simulation of Multibody and Finite Element Codes for Pantograph-Catenary Interaction Simulation.