Advanced Multibody System Dynamics: Simulation and Software Tools

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
High Speed Multibody Dynamic Simulation and Its Impact on Man-Machine Systems....Pages 1-18
An Object-Oriented Data Model for Multibody Systems....Pages 19-48
“Block-oriented Modelling of Rigid Multibody Systems with Regard to Subsystem Techniques”....Pages 49-66
A Software Environment for Analysis and Design of Multibody Systems....Pages 67-86
CAD Modeling, Multibody System Formalisms and Visualization — An Integrated Approach....Pages 87-106
The Benefits of Parallel Multibody Simulation and its Application to Vehicle Dynamics....Pages 107-126
Recent Advances in the Numerical Integration of Multibody Systems....Pages 127-151
Symbolical Programming in System Dynamics....Pages 153-172
Dynamic analysis of complex multibody systems using methods for differential-algebraic equations....Pages 173-194
Multi-Body Systems with Rigid-Elastic Subsystems....Pages 195-215
On the Dynamics of Multibody Systems with Elastic Beams....Pages 217-236
Approximate Analysis of Flexible Parts in Multibody Systems Using the Finite Element Method....Pages 237-256
Modeling of viscoelastic elastomer mounts in multibody systems....Pages 257-276
Simulation of Failure Scenarios for Movable Steel Structures....Pages 277-296
Optimal Positioning of Viscous Dampers in Linear Multibody Systems....Pages 297-314
Signal Analysis in Multibody Systems....Pages 315-336
Computational Aspects of the Finite Element Approach to Flexible Multibody Systems....Pages 337-354
DYNAMITE: Multibody Dynamics via Projection Method....Pages 355-360
ACIDYM, a Modular Software for Computer-Aided Learning of Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Multibody Systems....Pages 361-366
VDAS — a Toolkit Approach to Vehicle System Simulation....Pages 367-372
ROBOTRAN: Symbolic Generation of Multi-Body System Dynamic Equations....Pages 373-378
SMS: An Easy-To-Use 3D-Simulation Package for CIM....Pages 379-383
Two Different Methods for Simulating the Motion of Variable-Mass Multibody Systems....Pages 385-390
Simulation of the Dynamic Behaviour of Complex Multiaxle Systems with Controlled Driving Axes....Pages 391-396
Ode Formulations for Multibody Dynamics: Numerical Aspects....Pages 397-402
Deployment Kinematics and Dynamics Simulations of Large Reflectors....Pages 403-408
Determination of Dynamic Stresses by Multibody Dynamic Models Incorporating Flexible Body Analysis Applications of DADS....Pages 409-414
Dynamic Analysis of Constrained Multibody Systems in Orthonormalized Tangent Space....Pages 415-420
An overview of MEXX: Numerical Software for the Integration of Multibody Systems....Pages 421-426
A Parameter Estimation Method for Multibody Systems with Constraints....Pages 427-432
Boundary Element Methods for Contact Problems....Pages 433-438
Integration of Recursive Equations of Motion for Multibody Systems with Loops....Pages 439-444
Standard Input Data of Flexible Members in Multibody Systems....Pages 445-450
Constrained Mechanical Systems in Descriptor form: Identification, Simulation and Control....Pages 451-456
Parameter Identification of Nonlinear Descriptor Systems....Pages 457-462
Control Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Mechanical Descriptor Systems....Pages 463-468
An Extended Descriptor Form for the Simulation of Constrained Mechanical Systems....Pages 469-474
Back Matter....Pages 475-482