Impacts in Mechanical Systems Analysis and Modelling /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brogliato, Bernard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 551
• Subjects: Mechanics.; Computers.; Mechanical engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Classical Mechanics.; Theory of Computation.; Mechanical Engineering.; Applications of Mathematics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

This volume constitutes an advanced introduction to the field of analysis, modeling and numerical simulation of rigid body mechanical systems with unilateral constraints. The topics include Moreau's sweeping process, the numerical analysis of nonsmooth multibody systems with friction, the study...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to Moreau's Sweeping Process
• Dynamic Simulation of Rigid Bodies: Modelling of Frictional Contact
• Stability of Periodic Motions with Impacts
• Contact Problems for Elasto-Plastic Impact in Multi-Body Systems
• Impulse Correlation Ratio in Solving Multiple Impact Problems.